USS Alliance (1778)
The first Alliance of the United States Navy (which served as part of the Continental Navy) was a 36-gun sailing frigate of the American Revolutionary War. Originally named Hancock, she was laid down in 1777 on the Merrimack River at Amesbury, Massachusetts, by the partners and cousins, William and James K. Hackett, launched on 28 April 1778, and renamed Alliance on 29 May 1778 by resolution of the Continental Congress. Her first commanding officer was Capt. Pierre Landais, a former officer of the French Navy who had come to the New World hoping to become a naval counterpart of Lafayette. The frigate's first captain was widely accepted as such in America. Massachusetts made him an honorary citizen and the Continental Congress gave him command of Alliance, thought to be the finest warship b
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USS Alliance (1778)
The first Alliance of the United States Navy (which served as part of the Continental Navy) was a 36-gun sailing frigate of the American Revolutionary War. Originally named Hancock, she was laid down in 1777 on the Merrimack River at Amesbury, Massachusetts, by the partners and cousins, William and James K. Hackett, launched on 28 April 1778, and renamed Alliance on 29 May 1778 by resolution of the Continental Congress. Her first commanding officer was Capt. Pierre Landais, a former officer of the French Navy who had come to the New World hoping to become a naval counterpart of Lafayette. The frigate's first captain was widely accepted as such in America. Massachusetts made him an honorary citizen and the Continental Congress gave him command of Alliance, thought to be the finest warship b
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L’USS Alliance, nommée Hancock ...... n de la guerre d'indépendance.
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The first Alliance of the Unit ...... western side of the Atlantic.
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1778-04-28
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Sold into merchant service, 1 August 1785
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*Capt. Pierre Landais
*Capt. John Barry
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*28 × 18-pounder long guns
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William and James K. Hackett
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United States
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1778-04-28
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USS Alliance
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L’USS Alliance, nommée Hancock ...... n de la guerre d'indépendance.
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The first Alliance of the Unit ...... ght to be the finest warship b
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USS Alliance (1778)
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