The Sailing Navy, 1775-1854

by Silverstone, Paul H.

• ISBN13: 9781557508935
• ISBN10: 1557508933
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr

Summary

This first volume of the U.S. Navy Warship series provides the only complete compilation of American warships from the American Revolution through the Mexican War.

Author Biography

Paul H. Silverstone is an internationally recognized naval authority known for his many books and articles on warships. Some of his earlier studies of U.S. Navy ships from the Civil War through the wars of the twentieth century are being revised and updated for this series. Silverstone edits the naval notes column of Warship International, the quarterly journal of the International Naval Research Organization, and he has written and lectured on the subject of Jewish clandestine immigration to Palestine by ship between 1938 and 1948. A resident of New York City where he is a travel consultant, Silverstone has been an avid student of naval history for many years. He holds an undergraduate degree from Yale University and a law degree from Harvard and became a member of the New York Bar in 1958

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Explanation of Data	ix
List of Abbreviations	xi
U.S. Naval Ordnance, 1773--1854	xiii
The Continental Navy, 1775--1783	1	(17)
State Navies, 1775--1783	18	(3)
The United States Navy, 1797--1854	21	(58)
United States Revenue Cutter Service	79	(9)
Texas Navy	88	(3)
Appendix: Royal Navy Losses in North American Waters	91	(4)
Bibliography	95	(2)
Index	97