Penobscot Expedition fleet
Fleet · United States · July 19, 1779 – August 14, 1779
Massachusetts state navy ships, Continental warships and privateers under Dudley Saltonstall, sent against the British post at Castine.
View on map Fought in American Revolutionary War
Engagements 1
- July 24 – August 14, 1779 Penobscot Expedition
Movements
- July 19, 1779 Sails from Boston Map
- July 22, 1779 At sea, the Gulf of Maine (route and date approximate) Map
- July 25, 1779 – August 13, 1779 Penobscot Bay: besieges Fort George at Castine Penobscot Expedition Map
- August 14, 1779 Trapped by a British squadron and burned up the Penobscot River Penobscot Expedition Map