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Mar 25, 1745 County Wexford, Leinster, Ireland Died on 13 Sep 1803 (aged 58)
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About John Barry Naval Officer
- John Barry (March 25, 1745 – September 13, 1803) was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy.
- He has been credited as "The Father of the American Navy" (and shares that moniker with John Paul Jones, and John Adams) and was appointed a captain in the Continental Navy on December 7, 1775.
- He was the first captain placed in command of a U.S.
- warship commissioned for service under the Continental flag.After the war, he became the first commissioned U.S.
- naval officer, at the rank of commodore, receiving his commission from President George Washington in 1797.
