Hopkins took command of eight small merchant ships that had been hastily altered as men of war at Philadelphia, then sailed south 17 February 1776 for the first U.S. Fleet operation that took the fleet to Nassau in the Bahamas.
Hopkins took. Command of eight small merchant ships sailed south 17 February 1776 for the first U.S. Fleet operation. This first U.S. Fleet operation took the fleet to Nassau in the Bahamas. These eight small merchant ships had been hastily altered as men of war at Philadelphia. This was then.