• period 1780 to 1783. From 1780 to 1782, and then until 1788 Calvert & Co. owned Ranger. In 1782 Lloyd's List had mentions of a Ranger armed ship and a...
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    USS Ranger was a sloop-of-war in the Continental Navy, serving from 1777–1780 and the first to bear her name. Built at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Badger's...
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  • A number of vessels have been named Ranger: Ranger (1780 ship) was launched in 1776 in France, possibly as an East Indiaman for the French East India...
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  • USS Ranger may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Ranger (1777) was an 18-gun ship sloop built in 1777 and commanded by John...
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    its current name is associated with the Ranger of Greenwich Park, a royal appointment; the house was the Ranger's official residence for most of the 19th...
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  • HMS Halifax (category Royal Navy ship names)
    sold 1780. She may have been the previous Halifax, salvaged and returned to service. HMS Halifax (1780) was an 18-gun sloop, originally USS Ranger, built...
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    Fortitude was a merchant vessel built in 1780 on the River Thames. A French frigate captured her in 1782 while she was on the return leg of her maiden...
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    sank in a storm on 31 October 1780 while underway from Fort Niagara to Oswego. Approximately 80 men perished with the ship, comprising an estimated 31 sailors...
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  • sold 1780 HMS Halifax (1780), an 18-gun sloop, originally USS Ranger, renamed after the ship was captured from the United States Navy on 11 May 1780, and...
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  • USS Queen of France (category Maritime incidents in 1780)
    She sailed 18 June with Providence and Ranger. She fell in with the British Jamaica Fleet of some 150 ships near the Grand Banks of Newfoundland about...
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    William Ellery (1779-1780), James Madison (1780-1780), Daniel Huntington (1780-1780), Whitmill Hill (1780-1780), Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer (only congressional...
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    to end his "want of Cloathing & other necessaries" Leaving Butler's Rangers in 1780, George Cockel takes family to Niagara but does not receive any land...
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    List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy (category Lists of Royal Navy ships by type)
    Alligator (1780) Purchased ship sloops – 2 ships, 1771 Raven (1771) Scorpion (1771) Ceres class – 1 ship, 1777 Ceres (1777) Purchased ship sloops – 1 ship, 1780...
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  • years' service on the Dragon, it was sunk. In 1780,  it was raised again and converted to a fire ship. Ranger transferred again after the conversion of the...
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    (details) 1780, June 1 – USS Trumbull engages the British privateer Watt; both ships withdraw 1780, August 10 – HMS Flora defeats the French ship Nymphe...
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  • John Rathbun (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    captured the ship. Ranger and Providence followed suit. Ten more ships were cut out of the convoy, their total value approaching $1 million. In 1780, Rathbun...
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    form a part of the modern-day military doctrine of the U.S. Army's 75th Ranger Regiment. Francis Marion was born in Berkeley County, South Carolina c. 1732...
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  • North Channel naval duel was a single-ship action between the United States Continental Navy sloop of war Ranger (Captain John Paul Jones) and the British...
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    Siege of Charleston (category 1780 in South Carolina)
    Charleston), the capital of South Carolina, between March 29 and May 12, 1780. The British, following the collapse of their northern strategy in late 1777...
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    Abraham Whipple (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    command of a small squadron—Providence, Ranger, and Queen of France. On one occasion in mid-July 1779, this group of ships encountered a large British convoy...
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    HMS Roebuck (1774) (category 1774 ships)
    Under the command of Admiral Marriot Arbuthnot, the ships left New York on 26 December and in January 1780, in need of repairs, called in at Savannah, captured...
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    Brest. The ships separated during the return journey as Ranger chased another prize, leading to a conflict between Simpson and Jones. Both ships arrived...
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    American Revolutionary War (category Conflicts in 1780)
    Neutrality formed by Russia, Sweden, and Denmark in March 1780 that protected neutral ships from being stopped and searched for contraband by Britain...
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    Richard Howe and George Rodney, when he had command of the cutter Ranger in March 1780, he distinguished himself in the West Indies, and in July 1781 at...
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  • Spy was built in France in 1780, almost surely under another name, and taken in prize. The British East India Company (EIC) purchased her in 1781 and used...
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    salute for USS Ranger, marking the first time a foreign warship recognised the US flag. Robuste took part in the campaign in 1779 and 1780 as De Grasse's...
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    best known for the mutiny on HMS Bounty, which occurred in 1789 when the ship was under his command. The reasons behind the mutiny continue to be debated...
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    HMS Drake (1777) (category Captured ships)
    in the Age of Sail/ Granville Hough’s ships listing. "USS Ranger". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. 2003. Retrieved 9 January 2012 "He Bought...
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  • Brown (1750–1825), LTC commanding King's Rangers in Georgia Brigadier General Montfort Browne (fl. 1760–1780), commanding Prince of Wales American Regiment...
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  • States April 11, 1939 1595 2262 8085 Withdrawal of Public Land for Forest Ranger Station; Colorado April 11, 1939 1597 2263 8086 Establishing the Morgan...
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