One of this navy's fleffets was nearly eliminated by General Carleton and Thomas Pringle at the Battleof Valcour Island.
One captain in this navy was the subject of Samuel Eliot Morison's Pulitzer Prize winning book subtitled "A Sailor's Biography."Barbara Tuchman's The First Salute takes its title from an encounter of this navy's ship, the Andrew Doria, with theisland of Saint Eustatius. One of this navy's fleffets was nearly eliminated by General Carleton and Thomas Pringle at the Battleof Valcour Island. Its disorganization allowed the escape of the outnumbered Glasgow in a nighttime engagement off BlockIsland. Its commander Esek Hopkins was relieved for unfairly splitting loot after its successful raid on Nassau. Its most famousofficer captured the HMS Serapis in the Battle of Flamborough Head after declaring "I have not yet begun to Âfight." For 10points, name this short-lived navy disbanded by 1785, which employed the Bonhomme Richard captain John Paul Jones.
One captain in this navy was the subject of Samuel Eliot Morison's Pulitzer Prize winning book subtitled "A Sailor's Biography."Barbara Tuchman's The First Salute takes its title from an encounter of this navy's ship, the Andrew Doria, with theisland of Saint Eustatius.
Continental Navy [prompt on "United States navy" or "American navy"]