Richard Dale ({#formatdate:6 November 1756}–{#formatdate:26 February 1826}) fought in the Continental Navy under John Barry and was first lieutenant for John Paul Jones during the naval battle off…
Hector McNeill (1728-1785) was an Irish born emigrant to the British colonies in America who became a Merchant Marine for the British Crown before during and after the…
Richard Wickes (died June 29, 1776) was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War. He served as the third lieutenant on the {USS|Reprisal|1776|2}, captained…
James DeWolf (March 18, 1764{spaced ndash}December 21, 1837), nicknamed “Captain Jim,” was a United States Senator from Rhode Island, a long-time state legislator and a successful privateer during…
Richard Valentine Morris (March 8, 1768 Morrisania, then in Westchester County, now in The Bronx, New York City – May 1815 New York City) was a United States…
Hopley Yeaton (1739 – May 14, 1812) was the first officer commissioned (March 21, 1791) under the Constitution of the United States by George Washington into the Revenue…
Stephen Decatur, Sr. (June 1751 – November 11, 1808) was an American naval captain in the Revolutionary War and later in the Quasi-War. He was the father of…
James Mugford (May 19, 1749 – May 19, 1776) was a captain in the Continental Navy.==Life and naval career==Mugford commanded the schooner Franklin in the Continental Navy, serving…
John Young (ca. 1740–1781) was a captain in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, commander of the {USS|Saratoga|1780|2} which was lost at sea.He began his seafaring…