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This week we remember the Hanna, the First Continental Worship, commissioned on August 27, 1775.

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When George Washington first took command of the Continental Army in June of 1775, there was no Continental Navy.

Although the American Siege of Boston kept British regulars from

leaving or entering the city by land, the British controlled the seas. The British Navy surrounded

Boston and regularly monitored the coast. The British encouraged colonists to bring food and

supplies to Boston, where they would pay cash for anything needed by the

Army. Washington knew that he had no chance of confronting the British Navy directly. It would take

years to build or acquire ships that were anywhere close to being large enough to do that, but they could

try to interdict merchant ships that were trading with the enemy.

Colonel John Glover commanded a regiment from Marblehead, Massachusetts. His men had been sailors before the war. Glover suggested to Washington that they tried to use ships to stop merchant vessels

from trying to enter Boston. Glover offered his own private ship, the Hanna, to be commissioned for service.

The ship was named after his daughter, Hanna Glover. Before the war, the Hanna had been a fishing schooner.

It was fitted out with four small cannons. These were four-pounders, which indicates the weight of the

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