USS Spitfire was an American gundalow that operated as a gunboat in 1776 on Lake Champlain. She was part of Benedict Arnold's small, hastily built fleet...
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USS Spitfire was a row galley authorized and constructed by Rhode Island during the American Revolution, and was placed in service in 1776 in the Rhode...
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USS Spitfire may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Spitfire (1776 gunboat), a gunboat on Lake Champlain. USS Spitfire (1776)...
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Retrieved November 15, 2013. Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Philadelphia (1776). Smithsonian 3-dimensional view of Philadelphia Footage of raising...
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List of United States Navy ships: S (redirect from USS Somerset (1917))
(SS-404/AGSS-404) USS Spinax (SS-489/SSR-489/AGSS-489) USS Spindrift (IX-49) USS Spirea (1864) USS Spiteful (1862) USS Spitfire (1776, 1803, 1814, 1846, 1869) USS Splendor...
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Battle of Valcour Island (redirect from Battle of Lake Champlain (1776))
Information System NHL Description of USS Philadelphia NHL Description of Valcour Bay Shipwrecks of Lake Champlain: Gunboat Spitfire Nelson (2006), p. 70 Nelson...
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USS Washington was a large row galley, with a rowing crew of 60, that was placed into service under the control of the Continental Congress in 1776. During...
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USS Texas (BB-35) is a museum ship in Galveston and former United States Navy New York-class battleship. She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned...
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USS Epervier, USS Firefly, USS Flambeau and USS Spark; schooners USS Spitfire and USS Torch. Three of these vessels were prizes taken in the War of 1812...
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It consisted of USS Guerriere (flagship), Constellation, Macedonia, Epervier, Ontario, Firefly, Spark, Flambeau, Torch, and Spitfire. Following the War...
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shipwrecks in 1776 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1776. "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (712). 19 January 1776. "(untitled)"...
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January – HMS Trent captures the French merchant frigate Bien Aimé. 1776, July 27 – USS Reprisal and HMS Shark have an inconclusive engagement 1777, 12 July...
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appraised include two whaling harpoons from 1849 and 1853; a 1974 Triumph Spitfire convertible; a book and lithograph signed by David Alfaro Siqueiros; and...
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1906) 1937 – R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire (b. 1895) 1941 – Daniel Carter Beard, American author and illustrator,...
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Retrieved 1 December 2015. Lane, Brian; Sarkar, Dilip (15 June 2009). Spitfire!: The Experiences of a Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot. ASIN 1848683545...
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relatively little development since the area was of military importance in 1776. In 1776, Benedict Arnold was placed in command of a Continental Navy fleet on...
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of the Few 1942 1922–1936 Aerospace engineer R.J. Mitchell designs the Spitfire despite his failing health. Little Ashes 2008 1922–1938 Depicts the love...
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British war-effort, the Falkland Islands also donated five Supermarine Spitfires to the British Royal Air Force. With the exception of an attempt by President...
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Sphynx, the converted merchantman HMS Vigilant, and the row galley HMS Spitfire Galley had negotiated the passage between Rhode Island (Aquidneck) and...
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sent the frigates Penelope, Iphigenia, and Hermione, plus the schooner Spitfire, to the north side of the island where on 23 September 1793 the British...
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Continental Navy's USS Lee. USS Lexington (1776) ( United States Navy): The 14-gun brigantine was captured by the Royal Navy's HMS Alert. USS Tartar ( United...
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Common) USS Arizona (Flank Speed; Battleship; Rare) USS Atlanta (War at Sea; Cruiser; Uncommon) USS Bagley (Fleet Command; Destroyer; Common) USS Baltimore...
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U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (Ret.), who had been air group commander on the USS Enterprise during the Battle of Midway, and had been credited by Admiral...
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no longer on inventory. 12 February The US Navy's last rigid airship, the USS Macon, loses its upper fin off Point Sur, California, sinks to the surface...
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U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (Ret.), who had been air group commander on the USS Enterprise during the Battle of Midway, and had been credited by Admiral...
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Johnny Wilson reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "USS has a few relatively minor problems [...] but it makes up for them in the...
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