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Tuesday, October 25, 2011 5:17:22 PM

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a wretched motley crew

Philadelphia carried three carriage guns, one 12-pounder, and two 9-pounders, and eight swivel guns. She had a single mast with a square-rigged mainsail and topsail. Her crew of 44 was captained by 25-year-old Benjamin Rue, from Pennsylvania.

That's my great great great (not sure how many greats) grandfather!

With little experience in boat handling and none in naval combat, Rue's men typified the troops described to Major General Horatio Gates, as "a wretched motley crew".

http://www.lcmm.org/our_fleet/philadelphia.htm

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