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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"Two months later what is presumed the first naval battle of the Revolution occurred in Machias when townspeople fired on the British schooner…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"On August 13, 1779, American and British naval forces clashed, and the Americans suffered a crushing defeat."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 3 of 6

"… powers, and timber aplenty to boost Britain’s naval superiority. Such schemes garnered fierce opposition from Bostonian proprietors and the…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - U.S. Flagship Hartford

"Haze Gray & Underway - Naval History and Photography. 01 May 2009 <http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/gunboats/kennebec.txt>."

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"battleships, the USS Utah and USS Florida, naval representation spanned three continents, further demonstrating the First World War’s geographic…"

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… capture British ship Margaretta in the first naval battle of War of Independence 1777 • John Allan appointed Superintendent of Eastern Indians by…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Yeaton, America’s first commissioned naval officer, was sent to the Passamaquoddy region, charged with curtailing the growth of smuggling there."