"American Marksmanship Claims British Vessel."
Catalogue #:
2014.509.3000
Title:
"American Marksmanship Claims British Vessel."
Type:
Subject:
Description:
"American Marksmanship Claims British Vessel." - Part 185 of Fred Humiston's "Blue Water Men - and Women." This story is about Edward Preble, it starts by telling of Preble's youth as a farm boy and his journey with learning how to be a seaman. The story then switches over to the story of a navy ship that fired a deadly shot to a British ship. This part says " The 'protector' fired a deadly raking broadside, which brought down the mizzenmast and set the main top-gallant afire."
Creator:
Fred Humiston
Publisher:
Guy Gannett Publishing Company
Date:
1965-01-01
Materials:
Paper
Rights:
Place:
Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
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Citation
Fred Humiston, “"American Marksmanship Claims British Vessel.",” Great Cranberry Island Historical Society, accessed April 28, 2024, https://gcihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/3065.Catalogue # 2014.509.3000