Old… but still an interesting article…
"In mid May 1775, just weeks after the bloody Battle of April Nineteenth had sparked the start of the American Revolution, the perhaps first naval skirmish of the Revolution was waged.
I am not referring to the Battle of Chelsea Creek near Boston on May 27-28, 1775. True, British warships were involved at Chelsea Creek, but the Americans had none there. Nor am I referring to the various exploits of Col. Benedict Arnold on Lake Champlain, commander of a flotilla that is often referred to as the first US Navy, which began when Arnold took command of a private schooner he rechristened Liberty on May 15. Arnold's exploits on Lake Champlain in 1775 were primarily limited to amphibious operations. His naval battles on the same lake were not until late 1776.
Instead, the first naval skirmishes where undertaken by independent American revolutionary parties under no direct command, serving on small fishing and often whaling vessels. There are many undetailed reports of whaleboats harassing British naval vessels throughout the summer and fall of 1775. But perhaps the first, or maybe just the best recorded, is the attack against a detachment from the small 14-gun HM sloop Falcon under Commander John Linzee of the Royal Navy…"
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