27 JULY 1776 250th ANNIVERSARY REPRISAL vs. HMS SHARK GEN George Washington had chased the British from Boston only to have them reestablish headquarters in New York. News of the conflict in America had only just reached England. At sea, Read More
10 NOVEMBER 1822 USS SHARK VS. Caroline Officially, the US government banned American participation in the African slave trade in 1808, although enforcement was not attempted until our Navy began patrolling off West Africa in 1820. Two years later those patrols Read More