The USS Firefly, was a brig with two masts, square-rigged, formerly named Volant and originally built as a schooner for use as a privateer. The U.S. Navy...
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in the family Lampyridae. Firefly or fireflies may also refer to: Firefly (airline), a subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines Firefly (car rental), an international...
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too disabled to offer any resistance. In 1814 he was given command of USS Firefly, the flagship of a five ship squadron destined for the West Indies to...
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enlist in the Navy. He served as a midshipman on the USS Firefly during the War of 1812. The Firefly was the flagship of a small group of commerce raiders...
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Supervisors Board, John Rodgers. In 1823, Commodore David Porter of the USS Firefly, the flagship of a five-ship squadron tasked with the disruption of British...
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the frigates USS Guerriere, USS Macedonian, USS Constellation, the sloops USS Epervier and USS Ontario, the brigs USS Firefly, USS Spark, USS Flambeau and...
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Society of Pennsylvania". www2.hsp.org. Retrieved 29 October 2010. "USS Firefly". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval...
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Stephen Decatur (category Commanders of the USS Constitution)
Frigates: USS Guerrier (flagship), USS Macedonian and USS Constellation; sloop of war USS Ontario; brigs USS Epervier, USS Firefly, USS Flambeau and USS Spark;...
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List of United States Navy ships: D–F (redirect from USS Dubhe (ID-2562))
pages. USS D-1 (SS-17) USS D-2 (SS-18) USS D-3 (SS-19) USS Da Nang (LHA-5) USS Dace (SS-247, SSN-607) USS Dacotah (1859) USS Dade (APA-99) USS Daedalus...
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Society of Pennsylvania". www2.hsp.org. Retrieved October 29, 2010. "USS Firefly". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval...
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