On this day 250 years ago, the first ship of the Continental Navy, the schooner Hannah, was chased by the sloop HMS Nautilus and ran aground off the coast of Beverly, Massachusetts. The Nautilus was unable to capture the Hannah because it was defended by the Hannah’s own guns and the guns of a small fort onshore. However, the Hannah was decommissioned after this event thus ending the service of the Continental Navy’s first vessel after only one month.

Sources: https://ship.spottingworld.com/USS_Hannah_(1775); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholson_Broughton