[DOC] [TLE] USS Alfred (1774) - Wikipedia [PAR] Alfred was the merchant vessel Black Prince, named for Edward, the Black Prince
, and launched in 1774. The Continental Navy of what would become the United 
States acquired her in 1775, renamed her Alfred, ... Sometime in December 1775
, Alfred became the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the... [DOC] [TLE] Continental Navy - Wikipedia [PAR] The Continental Navy was the navy of the United States during the American 
Revolutionary War, and was formed in 1775. The fleet cumulatively became 
relatively substantial through the efforts of the .... The first ship in commission was 
the USS Alfred which was purchased on November 4 and commissioned on 
December 3... [DOC] [TLE] Continental Navy - Public Bookshelf [PAR] An account of the Continental Navy created by Congress in 1775. ... The thirteen 
vessels then authorized to be built or purchased were furnished early in ... The 
Alfred, 28, was his flag-ship, and his first-lieutenant was John Paul Jones, who ... 
Jones raised on the Alfred, in the Delaware, in December, 1775, the first 
American... [DOC] [TLE] Unemployed - USS John Paul Jones Association [PAR] John Paul Jones was an unemployed naval officer in America when the ... Fitting 
out the ship Alfred (the first ship purchased by congress), Jones became friends 
with two important delegates who were prominent in organizing the Continental 
navy. He obtained a commission in December 1775, through their efforts, as that
... [DOC] [TLE] USS Alfred (1774) - Man-of-War - History, Specs and Pictures - Navy ... [PAR] Aug 8, 2015 ... The Alfred became a 30 gun man-of-war (20 x 9-pounder cannons and 10 ... of 
the Continental Congress to France, authorized a squadron of ships to be ... The 
Naval Committee purchased four total ships on November 4th, 1775 and ... thaw 
allowed the ships to sail for Hampton Roads on their first mission. [DOC] [TLE] John Paul Jones, Father of the American Navy - Tripod [PAR] He received a commission as a lieutenant in the Continental Navy on Dec. 7, 
1775, and became first lieutenant of the Alfred, the first naval ship bought by the 
... command of the Providence, and in August he was made a captain by 
Congress. [DOC] [TLE] John Paul Jones - The Robinson Library [PAR] Mar 23, 2016 ... ... and on December 7, 1775, he became First Lieutenant of the Alfred, the first 
naval ship bought by the Continental Congress. In March 1776... [DOC] [TLE] A Proof of Madness? - Joseph Callo [PAR] the Continental Army, however, the Royal Navy became much more than a .... in 
an American naval ship by the Alfred's first lieutenant,. John Paul Jones. [DOC] [TLE] Continental Navy Ship Alfred [Saltonstall Pitcher Jones Hinman] [PAR] (1) First Lieutenant John Paul Jones, 7 December 1775-10 May 1776 .... This 
was the vessel that subsequently became the Continental Navy Ship Alfred. ... 
Black Prince was owned by a group of Philadelphia merchants including John 
Nixon, .... On 14 December Saltonstall turned the recruiting over to officers he 
had... [DOC] [TLE] USS Alfred, the US Navy's first flagship, captained by Commodore ... [PAR] First Official United States Naval Ship - USS Alfred was originally named Black 
Prince built 1774. ... Lieutenant John Paul Jones commanded the USS Alfred and 
received the Alfred into the US Navy on 03 December 1775 by hoisting the Grand 
...... In 1774, he served on the First Continental Congress and helped draft the... [DOC] [TLE] Continental Navy - East End of London - Revolvy [PAR] The first ship in commission was the USS Alfred which was purchased on ... 
Continental Congress and was passed on December 13, 1775, authorizing the 
building .... the Continental Navy's first seaman to be appointed the rank of 1st 
Lieutenant. ..... After the war, he became America's first commissioned naval 
officer, at the... [DOC] [TLE] NAVAL HISTORY [PAR] Congress authorized the purchase of two vessels; the ... craft he hoped would 
help drive the British

Question: In December 1775 he became first lieutenant on the Alfred, the first ship purchased by Congress for the Continental Navy
Answer: John Paul Jones