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The Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet (June 29, 1776) was an important, early naval victory for the Continental Navy and the future "Father of the American Navy", Captain John Barry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cresthistory.org/turtlegut.php )〕 It was the first privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War.〔 The battle resulted in the first American casualty of the war in New Jersey, Lieutenant Richard Wickes, brother of Captain Lambert Wickes. It was the only Revolutionary War battle fought in Cape May County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Southern New Jersey and the Delaware Bay: Historic Themes and Resources within the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route )〕 ==Background== To prevent the Americans from receiving war supplies through the port of Philadelphia, the British Navy established a blockade of the Delaware Bay. This fleet included over 240 cannons. The Americans then fortified the river with cheveaux-de-frise in the shipping channel. To transport gunpowder and arms, Robert Morris of the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety chartered the newly built brig, also called brigantine, ''Nancy'' and her captain, Hugh Montgomery on March 1, 1776. On March 14, 1776, John Barry was commissioned Captain of the fourteen-gun in the Continental Navy. In early June, the privateer ''Nancy'' loaded supplies in the Caribbean islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix. She then sailed for Philadelphia with "three hundred and eighty-six barrels of gunpowder, fifty fire-locks, one hundred and one hogsheads of rum, and sixty-two hogsheads of sugar, &c, on board". In mid-June, Barry was alerted by Morris that ''Nancy'' was headed his way, and would need protection since she had only an eleven-man crew and six cannons.〔 Barry was soon joined by the eighteen-gun , captained by Lambert Wickes, and the eight-gun , captained by William Hallock, and headed for Cape May.〔 The British blockade forces were led by the 28-gun , captained by Henry Bellew,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l6/lexington-i.htm )〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= British Sixth Rate frigate 'Liverpool' (1758) )〕 and included the 32-gun , captained by Charles Hudson,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= British Fifth Rate frigate 'Orpheus' (1773) )〕 and the sixteen-gun , captained by Alexander Graeme.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= British Unrated ship-sloop 'Kingfisher' (1770) )〕 Also at this time, the vanguard of the British fleet of over one hundred ships was set to enter New York Harbor on the morning of June 29. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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