Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Rhode Island” in entry navy-of-the-united-states of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...he captain of a ship of forty guns and upward to a colonel, the captain of a ship of ten to twenty guns to a major, and a lieutenant in the navy was equal to a captain in the army.
Esek Hopkins, of Rhode Island , was commissioned the first commodore, and made commander-in-chief of the Continental navy.
The navy was almost annihilated at the close of the Revolutionary War. Of the thirteen frigates ordered...
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| † | Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) | 3,308 | 738 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
| Rhode Island (California, United States) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Rhode Island (New York, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Rhode Island (Texas, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
† This entity has been selected by the automated classifier as the most likely match in this context. It may or may not be the correct match.