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No Photo Available		Captain Jeremiah O’Brien (1744–1818) was in command of Unity when she captured HMS Margaretta in the first naval battle of the American Revolutionary War. He was born at Kittery, Maine. O'Brien and his five brothers, Gideon, John, William, Dennis and Joseph, were crewmembers of the sloop Unity when she captured Margaretta on 12 June 1775, at the entrance to the harbor at Machias (a town then in Massachusetts, later in Maine). Under the command of Jeremiah O’Brien, thirty-one townsmen armed with guns, swords, axes, and pitch forks captured the British armed schooner in an hour-long battle after Margaretta had threatened to bombard the town for interference with the shipment of lumber to British troops in Boston, Massachusetts. This battle is often considered the first time British colors were struck to those of the United States, even though Unity was not formally a member of the Continental Navy. The United States Merchant Marine claims Unity as its member and this incident as their beginning. A privateer, O'Brien continued as the captain of Unity, renamed Machias Liberty, for two years. In later years, he had an appointment as the federal customs collector for the port of Machias. a position he held until his death.		Bill Gonyo
	80k	Photo 19-N-11457. Undated, running trials before installation of armament.		Terry Miller, Executive Director, Tin Can Sailors Inc.
	120k	Newspaper clipping from the New York Tribune of the USS Nicholson (TB-29) and USS O'Brien (TB-30) under construction at Lewis Nixon Shipyard, Elizabethtown, N.J. circa 1898-1899.		Mike Mohl
	133k	USS O'Brien (TB-30) at the New York Navy Yard, 9 October 1904, for repairs. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 19-N-15-6-16.		Mike Green
	189k	USS Rodgers (TB-4), USS Porter (TB-6), USS DuPont (TB-7), USS Blakely (TB-27), USS Nicholson (TB-29) and USS O'Brien (TB-30) in Norfolk circa 1905.		Bill Gonyo

LT Edward Churchill Woods    Jul 15 1905 - ?
LT Frederick Valette Mc Nair Jan 10 1909 -  Mar 3 1909

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