Andrew Doria was a brig purchased by the Continental Congress in November 1775. She is most famous for her participation in the Battle of Nassau—the first amphibious engagement by the Continental Navy and the Continental Marines—and for being the first United States vessel to receive a salute from a foreign power.
Andrew Doria receives a salute from the Dutch fort at Sint Eustatius, 16 November 1776.
Fort Oranje on the island of Sint Eustatius fired the first salute by a foreign power to Andrew Doria.
The Raid of Nassau was a naval operation and amphibious assault by American forces against the British port of Nassau, Bahamas, during the American Revolutionary War. The raid, designed to resolve the issue of gunpowder shortages, resulted in the seizure of two forts and large quantities of military supplies before the raiders drew back to New England, where they fought an unsuccessful engagement with a British frigate.
New Providence Raid, March 1776, V. Zveg
A French engraving of Esek Hopkins
A modern-day view of Fort Montagu
An 1803 depiction of Nassau; the harbor entrances are on either side of Hog Island, just north of Nassau