The History of Our Navy from its Origin to the Present Day, Volume I (of 4)
by John Randolph Spears
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About this eBook
- Author
- Spears, John Randolph, 1850-1936
- Title
- The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897, vol. 1 (of 4)
- Original Publication
- United States: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897.
- Credits
- Peter Becker, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E151: History: America: United States
- Subject
- United States. Navy -- History -- Spanish-American War, 1898
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 71794
- Release Date
- October 5, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE HISTORY OF OUR NAVY
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.THE HISTORY OF OUR NAVY — CHAPTER I ORIGIN OF THE AMERICAN NAVY
- 6.Untitled
- 7.CHAPTER II FIRST CRUISE OF THE YANKEE SQUADRON
- 8.CHAPTER III ALONG SHORE IN 1776
- 9.CHAPTER IV HE SAW “THE COUNTENANCE OF THE ENEMY”
- 10.CHAPTER V UNDER THE CRAGS OF THE “TIGHT LITTLE ISLE”
- 11.CHAPTER VI JOHN PAUL JONES AND THE RANGER
- 12.CHAPTER VII THE FIRST SUBMARINE WARSHIP
- 13.CHAPTER VIII PRIVATEERS OF THE REVOLUTION
- 14.CHAPTER IX JOHN PAUL JONES AND THE BONHOMME RICHARD
- 15.CHAPTER X AFTER THE SERAPIS SURRENDERED
- 16.CHAPTER XI THE YEAR 1779 IN AMERICAN WATERS
- 17.CHAPTER XII BUILDING A NEW NAVY
- 18.CHAPTER XIII WAR WITH BARBARY PIRATES
- 19.CHAPTER XIV DECATUR AND THE PHILADELPHIA
- 20.CHAPTER XV HAND-TO-HAND WITH THE PIRATES
- 21.CHAPTER XVI WHY WE FOUGHT IN 1812
- 22.APPENDIX TO VOLUME I
- 23.INDEX
- 24.Transcriber’s Notes
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