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Tango01  | 10 Apr 2024 5:14 p.m. PST |
…Delivered the Fledgling U.S. Navy's First Major Victory
"THE UNITED STATES came into existence amid a bloody eight-year war of independence against Great Britain. America's tumultuous birth was aided in no small part by England's historic foe, France. The French, under King Louis XVI, proved to be an indispensable ally to the emerging American nation, furnishing the Continentals with weapons, money and even soldiers. So it's one of history's great ironies that the first warship taken in combat by the newly established U.S. Navy was actually a French frigate.
The clash between the USS Constellation and the French ship L'Insurgent is as forgotten to most Americans as the Constellation's commanding officer, Captain Thomas Truxtun, but the battle of Feb. 9, 1799 was a significant accomplishment for the infant nation, and a major vindication for Truxtun as one of the foremost leaders of the U.S. Navy…" Main page
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