Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES contributed are you informed of 0 the fact that in 1777 the IS 18 gun ship ranger commanded by john paul jones was the first vessel to fly the stars and stripes the ranger kanger flying the first farst american flag was also the first to receive a gun salue from a foreign nation the salute was tired fired by arance I 1 ranee at quiberon Qui beron bay on febuary february 14 1778 and by it france franc recognized the new nation just years ago on august 24 1814 the secretary of the navy or ined the bural buri ilg ig of 0 the navy yard washington D C to prevent 1 it I from falling irto into the hand oi of the ilmy ning the wat of 1 robert I ulton blew a i thip hip up in the new urn harbor wili w ili th a cryil cry ii launched from a subi sub tarlie arbic ari ic the victorious bon homm homins richard sank after her battle with the Se and john paul jones sailed away from the scene of battle commanding the ship which he had bad defeated the ironclad had its beginning in ill the crimean war in which it was used by the french who covered the hulls of the lave Ton nante alq devastation with 4 inches of iron armor the first vessel captured by americans me merl ricans cans was an armed british schooner on may 11 1775 by a party of maine v armer for the most part with pitchforks and axes and tired fired by the news of the battle of lexington the capture occurred oft off machias Mac hlas maine alaine the americans me ricans under their leader 0 brien manned a lumber sloop the first american fleet was commanded by commodore esek kins and consisted of two 24 gun gui higates ti ir gates the alfred and the columbus two brigs the andrea doria and the cabot t two to o sloops the th providence Provid enco and hornet and two schooners ners the wasp and fly the leet fleet cost commodore hopkins II was the only man mail to hold the rank commander in chiet chief of the this title was war later merged in that of the president of the united states PT |