BOMBSHELL REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: COSMOS MARINER
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
THE 13 COLONIES, HAVING DECLARED THEIR INDEPENDENCE, HAD ONLY 31 SHIPS COMPRISING THE CONTINENTAL NAVY. TO ADD TO THIS, THEY ISSUED LETTERS OF MARQUE TO PRIVATELY OWNED, ARMED MERCHANT SHIPS AND COMMISSIONS FOR PRIVATEERS, WHICH WERE OUTFITTED AS WARSHIPS TO PREY ON ENEMY MERCHANT SHIPS.
SEE ALSO-BOMBSHELL REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
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