USS Alfred

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Continental Navy ship sailing ship ship of the line warship

USS Alfred was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for serving as one of its earliest flagships.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Continental Navy ship → sailing ship → ship of the line → warship →
acquiredBy	Continental Congress →
acquisitionDate	1775 →
allegiance	United States →
armamentType	cannon →
capturedAt	West Indies →
captureDate	1778 →
capturedBy	Royal Navy →
category	Age of Sail naval ships of the United States → American Revolutionary War ships of the United States → Ships of the Continental Navy →
commandedBy	Esek Hopkins → John Paul Jones →
conflict	American Revolutionary War →
country	United States →
crewType	sailors →
era	18th century →
fate	captured by the British →
flagRaisedBy	John Paul Jones →
flagshipOf	Continental Navy →
hasCrewRole	captain → officers → seamen →
historicalPeriod	American Revolutionary era →
launchDate	1774 →
locationDuringEvent	Nassau →
material	wooden hull →
namedAfter	Alfred the Great →
navalTheater	Atlantic Ocean → Caribbean Sea →
notableEvent	one of the first ships to fly the Grand Union Flag of the United States Navy →
notableFor	being one of the earliest flagships of the Continental Navy →
operatedBy	Continental Navy →
originalUse	merchant ship →
partOf	Hopkins Expedition to the Bahamas →
propulsion	sail →
role	flagship →
serviceBranch	Continental Navy →
tookPartIn	Battle of Nassau →
typeOfRig	square-rigged →
usedFor	commerce raiding → naval warfare →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Continental Navy →	notableShip
John Paul Jones →	shipCommanded