USS Providence was a sloop-of-war in the Continental Navy, originally chartered by the Rhode Island General Assembly as Katy. The ship took part in a number...

USS Providence may refer to: USS Providence (1775), a 12-gun ship originally named Katy, taken into service in 1775 and destroyed in 1779 to forestall...

1863 USS President (1812), captured 1814 USS Providence (1775), destroyed to prevent capture 14 August 1779 USS Rosalie (1863) USS Saratoga (1842) USS Scourge (1804)...

The first USS Hornet was a merchant sloop chartered from Captain William Stone in December 1775 to serve under Stone as a unit of Esek Hopkins' Fleet...

Continental Navy of what would become the United States Navy acquired her in 1775, renamed her Alfred after 9th century English monarch Alfred the Great, and...

Second Continental Congress dated 2 December 1775 by Col. Benjamin Harrison sometime between 2 and 18 December 1775, the first US naval ship to be given that...

second is the Andrew Doria (1775 brig). The newly authorized ships are identified as the USS Columbus (1774) and the USS Alfred (1774). The brig Cabot...

USS Lionfish (SS-298), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy named for the lionfish, a scorpaenid fish native to the Pacific...

HMS Cerberus thanks to the assistance of John Paul Jones, then in command of USS Providence. She was later purchased by the Continental Congress and refitted for...

The first USS Columbus was a ship in the Continental Navy. Built as a merchant ship at Philadelphia in 1774 as Sally, she was purchased from Willing,...

(AG-147/AKS-28) USS Providence (1775, 1776 frigate, 1776 gundalow, CL-82/CLG-6/CG-6, SSN-709, SSN-719) USS Provincetown (PCS-1378) USS Provo (T-AG-173) USS Provo...

Navy and helped him secure passage back to America on the Frigate USS Providence (1775) under the command of Commodore Abraham Whipple. Franklin provided...

between November 1775 and January 1776. She was purchased in Providence, Rhode Island under a Congressional authorization dated 16 January 1775 for a small...

column was headed by the USS Andrew Doria and was followed by USS Columbus. Behind these came USS Providence, with USS Fly and USS Wasp trailing farther...

United States. On February 17, 1807, after a short break in Providence, he was attached to USS Chesapeake, where he served in the rank third lieutenant under...

Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The county seat of Providence County, it is one of the oldest cities...

Town of Providence, a unit that flew a flag similar to Gadsden's. He unfurled the Gadsden flag on the main mast of USS Alfred on December 20, 1775, while...

Commander-in-Chief of the Navy in December 1775. He is noted for his successful raid on the British port of Providence, in The Bahamas, and capturing large...

commission was USS Alfred which was purchased on November 4 and commissioned on December 3 by Captain Dudley Saltonstall. On November 10, 1775, the Continental...

American Revolution. In 1775, during the American Revolution, John Brown sold the United States Navy its first ship, the USS Providence (previously, the Katy)...

Revolutionary War. The Corps was formed by the Continental Congress on November 10, 1775 and was disbanded in 1783. Their mission was multi-purpose, but their most...

Isaac P. Rodman, American Civil War Union brigadier general John Rodman (1775–1847), New York County District Attorney Judy Rodman, American country music...

commander-in-chief of the continental navy during the American Revolution, 1775 to 1778. Providence, Rhode Island: Preston & Rounds. OCLC 3430958. McCusker, John J...

eponymous island, though nearly all its land area is on the mainland. Providence is its capital and most populous city. Native Americans lived around Narragansett...

Constantine Phipps and Horatio Nelson. When the Revolutionary War began in 1775, Biddle joined the Continental Navy and commanded several ships. In 1778...

Revolutionary War and being one of the founders of Marietta, Ohio. Born near Providence, Colony of Rhode Island, Whipple chose to be a seafarer early in his life...

American privateer John Paul Jones attacked Canso. Captain Jones commanded USS Providence. He destroyed fifteen vessels and damaged much property on shore. There...

Navy was initiated in June 1775 with the commissioning of two sloops, the Washington and the Katy (later renamed Providence), for the purpose of repelling...

was commissioned by Congress on 22 December 1775 as the second-ranking second lieutenant. On board the USS Columbus (Abraham Whipple), Olney was involved...

on their return voyage. Jones was then assigned command of the sloop USS Providence. Congress had recently ordered the construction of thirteen frigates...