On this day in 1775,
The captured schooner Hannah, refit with cannon, sails to Boston to harass British troops there.
Her skipper was Army Captain John Broughton.
It is considered the first Continental naval combatant vessel, thereby the beginning of the US Navy.
More Colonial Battles
The captured schooner Hannah, refit with cannon, sails to Boston to harass British troops there.
Her skipper was Army Captain John Broughton.
It is considered the first Continental naval combatant vessel, thereby the beginning of the US Navy.
More Colonial Battles
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