Chapter XV: The Navy of South Carolina

First naval enterprises of South Carolina 418

Events of September, 1775 419

The “Defence” 420

Work of the Provincial Congress, November, 1775 420

Work of the Committee of Safety, December, 1775 421

The mission of Cochran 421

Naval legislation, February-March, 1776 422

The Constitution of 1776 423

Naval legislation, April, 1776 423

South Carolina Navy Board 424

Work and organization of the Navy Board 424

Naval legislation, 1777-1778 427

Naval increases, 1776-1779 428

Privateers 429

Services rendered by the South Carolina navy, 1776-1779 429

The “Randolph” and the State fleet 430

The campaign against Charleston, 1779-1780 431

The navy in 1781 and 1783 434

Commodore Gillon and the “South Carolina” 435

Gillon in Europe 436

The “South Carolina” in European waters 436

The expedition against the Bahamas 438

The “South Carolina” at Philadelphia 439

Capture of the “South Carolina” 439

Settlement of the Luxembourg claims 439