Medals of the United States MintU.S. Government Printing Office, 1969 - 274 pages |
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... frigates . One of these ships , the CONSTITUTION , whose decks " once red with heroes ' blood " still remains commissioned in the U.S. Navy . It is berthed at the Boston Navy Yard . As a means of coping with and driving out hostile ...
... frigates . One of these ships , the CONSTITUTION , whose decks " once red with heroes ' blood " still remains commissioned in the U.S. Navy . It is berthed at the Boston Navy Yard . As a means of coping with and driving out hostile ...
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... frigate SERAPIS , 50 guns , Capt . Richard Pearson . Both vessels are grappled , lying head and stern . The BONHOMME ... frigates , captured 16 prizes and destroyed two fishing fleets . Later trans- ferred to command of the ALFRED ...
... frigate SERAPIS , 50 guns , Capt . Richard Pearson . Both vessels are grappled , lying head and stern . The BONHOMME ... frigates , captured 16 prizes and destroyed two fishing fleets . Later trans- ferred to command of the ALFRED ...
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... frigate SERAPIS , 44 guns . Though the ships sighted each other shortly after noon on September 23 , 1799 , action did not open until evening at which time both ships fired broad- sides into each other . Two of the heavy guns on the ...
... frigate SERAPIS , 44 guns . Though the ships sighted each other shortly after noon on September 23 , 1799 , action did not open until evening at which time both ships fired broad- sides into each other . Two of the heavy guns on the ...
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... frigate CONSTELLA- TION , Captain Truxtun , and the French frigate LA VENGEANCE , Captain Pitot . The CONSTELLATION has lost her main mast . Exergue : BY VOTE OF CONGRESS , TO THOMAS TRUXTUN 29 MARCH 1800 . Design attributed to ...
... frigate CONSTELLA- TION , Captain Truxtun , and the French frigate LA VENGEANCE , Captain Pitot . The CONSTELLATION has lost her main mast . Exergue : BY VOTE OF CONGRESS , TO THOMAS TRUXTUN 29 MARCH 1800 . Design attributed to ...
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... frigate of 36 guns blew up off Newfoundland . Later the PROTECTOR was cap- tured by the enemy and Preble was held on board a prison ship in New York Harbor . 1782 - Served as a lieutenant under Captain Little on the Massachusetts ...
... frigate of 36 guns blew up off Newfoundland . Later the PROTECTOR was cap- tured by the enemy and Preble was held on board a prison ship in New York Harbor . 1782 - Served as a lieutenant under Captain Little on the Massachusetts ...
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