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Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Reprisal, promising hostile action in response to an offense.

  • USS Reprisal (1776) was a brig purchased by the American Continental Congress to serve in the American Revolutionary War.
  • USS Reprisal (CV-30) was to be an Independence-class aircraft carrier, converted from the Cleveland-class light cruiser USS Newark. Reprisal was renamed USS San Jacinto after the loss of USS Houston.
  • USS Reprisal (CV-35) was to be an Essex-class aircraft carrier, but construction was cancelled in August 1945.

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USS Reprisal

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United States Navy have borne the name USS Reprisal, promising hostile action in response to an offense. USS Reprisal (1776) was a brig purchased by the American...

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Brig

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whose boarding triggered the War of Jenkins' Ear. USS Reprisal, fought in the American Revolution. USS Somers, sunk in the Mexican–American War. HMS Beagle...

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List of aircraft carriers

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class USS Independence † USS Princeton Kitty Hawk class USS America † Cancelled before completion Essex class (‡ extended bow) USS ReprisalUSS Iwo Jima...

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Timeline for aircraft carrier service

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August – USS Reprisal canceled. 15 August – Japan surrenders; WWII ends. 1945 USS Reprisal (incomplete) launched to clear slipway. 8 July – USS Valley Forge...

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Benjamin Franklin Bache

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negotiate a firm alliance. Bache was seven when their party boarded the USS Reprisal, and sailed for France. They suffered violent storms, and attacks by...

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History of the United States Marine Corps

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2013. "History of USS Reprisal". History.navy.mil. 30 July 2001. Retrieved 15 August 2013. Millett, Semper Fidelis "History of USS Nassau (LHA-4)". US...

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Continental Marines

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Captain Robert Mullan. 1776, April John Martin's enlistment to serve on USS Reprisal in Philadelphia in April gave him the role as the first black Marine...

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Racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces

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Miles Pennington of the Continental brig USS Reprisal. Martin served with the Marine platoon on the Reprisal for a year and a half, involved in hard ship-to-ship...

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Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet

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in turn signaled Reprisal and Wasp and then met with their captains to plan a response. Longboats from Lexington, Wasp, and Reprisal, led by Lieutenant...

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List of maritime disasters in the 18th century

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to hide the military loss. 130–172 1777  United States USS Reprisal – On September 14, Reprisal left France, for the United States. About October 1, she...

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Military history of African Americans

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Miles Pennington of the Continental brig USS Reprisal. Martin served with the Marine platoon on the Reprisal for a year and a half and took part in many...

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Doolittle Raid

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consequences of the Doolittle Raid were most severely felt in China: in reprisal for the raid, the Japanese launched the Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign, killing...

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List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy

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the U.S. Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922. The Langley was a converted Proteus-class collier, originally commissioned as USS Jupiter (AC-3)....

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Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge

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Captain Lambert Wickes, Joseph's great grandson and captain of the USS Reprisal, is memorialized with a monument on the site of Wickliffe. The island...

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List of shipwrecks in 1777

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List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1777 Ship State Description USS Reprisal Continental Navy The brig foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the...

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USS New Ironsides

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USS New Ironsides was a wooden-hulled broadside ironclad built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. The ship spent most of her career...

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Moshe Dayan

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safety. During 1950, Dayan also developed a policy of punitive cross-border reprisal raids in response to fedayeen attacks on Israelis. IDF squads were sent...

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