Record #:

14377

Author(s):

Dean, Earl

Abstract:

During the Revolutionary War, ports at Wilmington, Elizabeth City, and New Bern were producing wooden vessels to add to the nation's naval fleet. The Carolina ships were used to run the blockade during this period and crewed by remarkable seamen.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 16 Issue 42, Mar 1949, p11, 17, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783