On this day 250 years ago in Cambridge, Massachusetts, General Washington informed the Continental Congress that “I have directed 3 Vessels to be equipped in order to cut off the Supplies, & from the Number of Vessels hourly arriving it may become an Object of some Importance.”
On that same day, the Continental Congress received letters from London reporting that two transports laden with stores and ammunition for the British Army had sailed for America, and the Congress appointed a committee to prepare a plan for intercepting the two vessels. The “Naval Committee” would eventually have seven members, with John Adams the leading member.
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These two events laid the groundwork for the creation of the United States Navy.
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