The Captain Who Burned His Ships
Captain Thomas Tingey, USN, 1750-1829
This is the first biography of Captain Thomas Tingey, who was a key figure in the development of the early U.S. Navy. Having come to America after a short service in the Royal Navy, Tingey contributed importantly to the growth of the American Navy, but was then obliged to burn the Washington Navy Yard in 1814 to prevent it from falling into the hands of British invaders. This is at the same time a history of the first quarter-century of the Washington Navy Yard, which Tingey commanded for that period, and of the transition of the young Navy from an object of partisan discord to an honored defender of a growing and increasingly self-confident…
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- ISBN: 978-1-61251-398-0
- EAN: 9781612513980
- Produktnummer: 21842318
- Verlag: Naval Institute Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'294 KB
- Auflage: Digital Only
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Captain Thomas Tingey, USN, 1750-1829
Captain Thomas Tingey, USN, 1750-1829
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