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 | | Purchased: | November 1775 | | Fate: | Burned to prevent capture November 1777 | | General Characteristics | | Displacement: | 190 tons | | Length: | 75 ft (22.9 m) | | Beam: | 25 ft (7.6 m) | | Depth: | 10 ft (3.0 m) | | Propulsion: | Sail | | Complement: | 112 officers and men | | Armament: | 14 x 4 pounders (1.8 kg) | USS Andrew Doria was purchased by the Continental Congress in October of 1775. The ship was originally named the Defiance, but was renamed Andrew Doria, after being fitted out as a fighting vessel. Image File history File links Naval_Jack_of_the_United_States. ...
Year 1775 (MDCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1777 (MDCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
POOP HS;JHGF;JADHGJHASGHASJHGJSAHGJWJITHADHSGJHDASJLGFNKRA The Continental Congress was the first national government of the United States. ...
Year 1775 (MDCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The brigantine was named after a 15th century Genoese admiral Andrea Doria. She was part of the first amphibious operation in the taking of Fort Montague as part of Esek Hopkins' fleet. Description In sailing, a brigantine is a vessel with two masts, at least one of which is square rigged. ...
Genoa (Genova [] in Italian - Zena [] in Genoese) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. ...
Andrea Doria or DOria (November 30, 1466-November 25, 1560) was a Genoese condottiero and admiral. ...
French portrait of Commodore Esek Hopkins Esek Hopkins (26 April 1718 – 26 February 1802), was Commander in Chief of the Fleet throughout the American Revolutionary War. ...
She was captained by Nicholas Biddle. After the taking of Fort Montague, she became the fleet's hospital ship after the other ships had an outbreak of smallpox. Andrew Doria was not affected as its crew had been inoculated. Nicholas Biddle (September 10, 1750 - March 7, 1777) was one of the first five captains of the Continental Navy, being assigned to the Andrew Doria. ...
USNS Comfort takes on supplies at Mayport, FL enroute to Gulf Coast. ...
The ship received the first-ever salute to the United States by a foreign power when on November 16, 1776 she arrived at St. Eustatius. The Dutch island returned her 11-gun salute. The event was widely reported in the United States, and provided the title for Barbara Tuchman's 1988 book, The First Salute, about the American Revolution. November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 45 days remaining. ...
Year 1776 (MDCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Map showing location of Sint Eustatius relative to Saba and Sint Maarten/Saint Martin. ...
Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (January 30, 1912 – February 6, 1989) was an American historian and author. ...
John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence, showing the five-man committee in charge of drafting the Declaration in 1776 as it presents its work to the Second Continental Congress The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies that...
The not-for-profit corporation, Andrew Doria: the First Salute is currently building a working replica of the Brigantine Andrew Doria.
External links
- Sint Eustatius Center for Archaeological Research
- Andrew Doria: the First Salute Incorporated
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The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS for short) is the primary reference work for the basic facts about every ship ever used by the United States Navy. ...
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