Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet
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The Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet was an important, early naval victory for the Continental Navy and the future "Father of the American Navy", Captain John Barry. It was the first privateer battle of the
Brigantine Nancy at St. Thomas, engraving by John Sartain
Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet memorial park
Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet plaque
Lieutenant Richard Wickes gravestone
John Barry (naval officer)
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John Barry was an Irish-born American naval officer who served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War. He has been credited by
Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet
…Turtle Gut Inlet (June 29, 1776) was an important, early naval victory for the Continental Navy and the future "Father of the American Navy", Captain John Barry. It was the first privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War. The battle resulted in the first American casualty of the war in New Jersey…
1972 portrait of Barry by V. Zveg after an 1801 portrait by Gilbert Stuart
Barry receiving commodore commission from Washington
The Commodore John Barry statue by John Boyle has been exhibited in Washington, D.C.'s Franklin Square since 1914
Plaque and Bust of Commodore Barry at Rickover Hall, USNA