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John Langdon, a former representative to the second Continental Congress, owned the Langdon Shipyard in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The book gives readers a look at the arts and craft of colonial shipbuilding. The book covers one day in 1777 when the Ranger, commanded by Captain John Paul Jones, was launched as the first ship to fly the new American flag.Krebs, Laurie is the author of 'Day in the Life of a Colonial Shipwright', published 2004 under ISBN 9780823962273 and ISBN 082396227X.
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