Existing comment:
"Father of the American Navy"
Commodore John Barry Marker
Born in Wexford Ireland 1745
Died in Philadelphia 1803
Received first commission from the Continental Congress to command the Lexington 1775
Sailed from Boston on the Raleigh 1778
Acclaimed in Boston in 1780 for victories on the Alliance
Appointed in 1794 by President Washington to plan the construction of and later to be in command of first U.S. Navy
Launched 1798
Erected by the City of Boston
James M. Curley, Mayor
1949
"Tablet restored by the George B. Henderson Foundation, 1976" |