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Born | Tacumshane, County Wexford, Kingdom of Ireland | March 25, 1745
Died | September 13, 1803 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 58)
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Allegiance | United States |
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Years of service | 1775–1783, 1797–1803 |
Rank | Commodore |
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John Barry (March 25, 1745 – September 13, 1803) was an Irish-born American naval officer who served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War. He has been credited by some as "The Father of the American Navy", sharing that moniker with John Paul Jones and John Adams, and was appointed as a captain in the Continental Navy on December 7, 1775.[1][2] Barry was the first captain placed in command of an American warship commissioned for service under the Continental flag.[3] After the Revolutionary War, he became the first commissioned American naval officer, at the rank of commodore, receiving his commission from President George Washington in 1797.
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