Abraham Whipple
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Commodore Abraham Whipple was a Continental Navy officer who served in the American Revolutionary War and co-founded Marietta, Ohio. Born near Providence, Rhode Island, Whipple chose to be a sailor ea
1786 portrait of Whipple by Edward Savage
USS Columbus under Whipple bringing the captured British brig Lord Lifford in tow off New England, 1776
An 1895 lithograph print of Whipple
Abraham Whipple marker at Mound Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio
USS Ranger (1777)
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USS Ranger was a 18-gun sloop of the Continental Navy, serving from 1777 to 1780 and the first to bear her name. Built at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Badger's Island in Kittery, Maine, she is famed f
USS Ranger receiving the salute of the French fleet at Quiberon Bay, France, 14 February 1778.
Ranger (right) at the North Channel Naval Duel