[DOC] [TLE] John Paul Jones - Wikipedia [PAR] John Paul Jones was the United States' first well-known naval commander in the 
American .... The fleet had an unsuccessful encounter with a British packet ship 
on their ... During this six-week voyage, Jones captured sixteen prizes and 
inflicted ... On November 1, 1776, Jones set sail in command of Alfred to carry out 
this... [DOC] [TLE] Continental Navy - Wikipedia [PAR] The Continental Navy was the navy of the United States during the American 
Revolutionary ... The main goal of the navy was to intercept shipments of British 
matriel and .... When it came to selecting commanders for ships, Congress 
tended to be split evenly ... On April 6, 1776, the squadron, with the addition of 
the Fly (8),... [DOC] [TLE] HMS Camilla (1776) - Wikipedia [PAR] HMS Camilla was a Royal Navy 20-gun Sphinx-class post ship. Camilla was built 
in Chatham Dockyard to a design by John Williams and was launched in 1776. 
She served in the American Revolution, the French Revolutionary Wars and ... 
Gunfire from the two British vessels drove Morris ashore, where she suddenly 
blew... [DOC] [TLE] USS Providence (1775) - Wikipedia [PAR] Originally chartered by the Rhode Island General Assembly as Katy, USS 
Providence was a sloop in the Continental Navy. The ship took part in a number 
of campaigns during the first half of The American ... From early 1775, British men
-of-war, especially His Majesty's Frigate Rose, searched Rhode Island shipping 
and... [DOC] [TLE] U-94 Sunk By USN PBY Plane and HMCS Oakville 8 ... - NHHC - Navy [PAR] Jun 3, 2015 ... U-94 Sunk By USN PBY Plane and HMCS Oakville 8-27-42 ... Account of the 
Operations of the American Navy in France During the War With .... Capture of 
CSS Florida by USS Wachusett - Report of Commander Napoleon ... and Marine 
Corps Personnel Killed and Injured in Selected Accidents and Other... [DOC] [TLE] Captain Samuel Nicholson A Monograph - Navy [PAR] While in Paris in late 1776, Nicholson met with Benjamin Franklin, one of the 
American ... 8. Over the next two years, Nicholson conducted Continental Navy 
affairs in .... British ships chased the Americans and Dolphin received heavy 
damage. .... The court-martial lasted until January 6, 1781, but James Nicholson's 
cruise... [DOC] [TLE] NAVAL HISTORY [PAR] happened on July 4, 1776. The United ... the Americans and the British began, 
these were the first ... other ships bearing some of these names made history in. [DOC] [TLE] Naval History - Chapter Three - AmericanRevolution.org [PAR] General Washington took command of the American army at Cambridge July 3, ... 
as commander of said Schooner, immediately on a cruise against such vessels 
as ... Early in October Colonel Glover was instructed to procure two other vessels 
in ..... 29, February 12, March 11, 18, 1776; N. E. Chronicle, February 1, 8, 1776. [DOC] [TLE] A British View of the Naval War of 1812 | U.S. Naval Institute [PAR] The American Navy, however, was revived in the mid-1790s, albeit as a minor 
force. ... The last of the six was launched during the 1798-1800 Quasi-War, which 
was the ... The U.S. Navy at the outset of the War of 1812 comprised only 16 
ships, nine of ...... others) before the British set up a blockade (which was pretty 
leaky). [DOC] [TLE] Naval History - Chapter Eight - AmericanRevolution.org [PAR] Some of these vessels sailed directly for the United States and others to the West 
Indies ... hand to American ships of war and privateers cruising in European 
waters. ... their prizes in Bilbao and other Spanish ports, generally with success 
during the .... The British ambassador saw Vergennes and Maurepas, May 8, and 
they... [DOC] [TLE] Lossing's Field Book of the Revolution, Vol. II., Supplement I. [PAR] May 18, 2004 ... 6, 1776.] to select three persons well skilled in maritime affairs to execute the ... 8 
Congress also decided that the relative rank of naval commanders with each

Question: During a 6-week cruise in 1776, this American naval commander captured 8 British ships & sank 8 others
Answer: John Paul Jones