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Connecticut State Navy : ウィキペディア英語版 | Connecticut State Navy
The Connecticut State Navy was the colonial (and later, state) navy of Connecticut during the American Revolutionary War. Established in 1775, all of its ships were destroyed or captured by 1779. In the remaining years of the war a few smaller ships were commissioned to interdict smuggling between the Connecticut shore and Tory-controlled Long Island. One the Connecticut Navy's most distinctive commissions was the ''Turtle'', a submarine whose use in New York harbor in 1776 constitutes the first documented instance of submarine warfare. ==Early acquisitions== After the American Revolutionary War began in April 1775, the Connecticut General Assembly in July authorized the Governor and Council of Safety to procure and outfit two armed vessels. On July 24, Governor Jonathan Trumbull and the Council appointed a committee to identify potentially useful vessels in the colony's harbors. On August 2, the committee filed its report, and noted that there was some opposition in the colony to attempting to match the Royal Navy's might. In spite of this, Governor Trumbull and the council decided to outfit William Griswold's 108-ton ship ''Minerva'', and appointed another committee to acquire a "spy vessel, to run and course from place to place, to discover the enemy, and carry intelligence" of about 25 tons, to be captained by Samuel Niles.〔Paullin, p. 356〕 The next day they hired Giles Hall to be the captain of the ''Minerva'', established a pay scale, and authorized Hall to hire 40 sailors and 40 marines. On August 14, they authorized the purchase of the ''Britannica'', a sloop in Stonington, which was to be renamed ''Spy'', with Robert Niles as its captain. The ''Spy'' began service early in October, and promptly brought in the navy's first prize, a British supply ship. ''Minerva'' began service on October 9, with orders to capture transports bound for Quebec. However, most of the crew refused to obey Hall's orders, and she returned to port. The mutinous crew was dismissed, and in December Hall was ordered to return the ship to its owner.
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