Thomas Truxtun
Thomas Truxtun (atau Truxton) (17 Februari 1755 – 5 Mei 1822) adalah seorang perwira angkatan laut Amerika setelah Perang Revolusi, ketika ia menjabat sebagai seorang prajurit, yang naik ke pangkat komodor pada akhir abad ke-18 dan kemudian bertugas dalam Perang Kuasi dengan Prancis. Ia adalah salah satu dari enam komandan pertama yang ditunjuk untuk Angkatan Laut AS baru oleh Presiden Washington.
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| Kelahiran | 17 Februari 1755 Long Island |
| Kematian | 5 Mei 1822 (67 tahun) Philadelphia |
| Tempat pemakaman | Christ Church, Philadelphia (en)  Galat: Kedua parameter tahun harus terisi! |
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| Pekerjaan | personel militer |
| Cabang militer | Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat |
| Pangkat militer | Laksamana Pertama |
| Konflik | Perang Revolusi Amerika Serikat |
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Daftar pustaka
- Allen, Gardner Weld (1909). Our naval war with France. Boston, New York and Chicago: Houghton Mifflin & Co.
- Canney, Donald L. (2001). Sailing warships of the US Navy. Chatham Publishing / Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-990-5.
- Cooper, James Fenimore (1846). Lives of Distinguished American Naval Officers. 1. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart. OCLC 620356.
- Frost, John (1845). The pictorial book of the commodores: comprising lives of distinguished commanders in the navy of the United States. New York: Nafis and Cornish. ISBN 1-55750-839-9.
- Guttridge, Leonard F. (2006). Our Country, Right Or Wrong: The Life of Stephen Decatur. New York, NY: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC. ISBN 978-0-7653-0702-6.
- Hattendorf, John B. (2011). "XII The Formation and Roles of the Continental Navy, 1775–1785". Talking About Naval History: A Collection of Essays. Newport: Naval War College Press. ISBN 9781884733741.
- Harrison, Henry William (1858). Battlefields and naval exploits of the United States: ... H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, Philadelphia. hlm. 448.
- Loubat, Joseph Florimond (1881). The medallic history of the United States of America, 1776–1876. 1. Author/Loubat, New York.
- McBride, James (1815). Naval biography consisting of memoirs of the most distinguished officers of the American navy; to which is annexed the life of General Pike. Morgan, Williams & Co., Cincinnati.
- Roosevelt, Theodore (1883). The naval war of 1812. New York: G.P. Putnam's sons.
- Seawell, Molly Elliot (1898). Twelve naval captains: being a record of certain Americans who made themselves immortal. London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co. Ltd.
- Toll, Ian W. (2006). Six frigates: the epic history of the founding of the U.S. Navy
. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-05847-5.
Bacaan tambahan
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Truxtun, Thomas". Encyclopædia Britannica. 27 (edisi ke-11). Cambridge University Press.- Ferguson, Eugene S. (1956). Truxtun of the Constellation:The Life of Commodore Thomas Truxtun, U.S. Navy, 1755–1822. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0801865972. – Dated, but still the best biography of Truxtun in print.
- Fowler, William M. (1900). Silas Talbot: Captain of Old Ironsides . Mystic Seaport Museum. hlm. 231. ISBN 9780913372739.
- Grant, Bruce (1930). Captain of the Constellation: Commodore Thomas Truxtun. New York: Putnam.
- Statham, Edward Phillips (1910). Privateers and privateering. With eight illustrations. New York: Hutchinson & Co. / James Pott & Co. hlm. 382.
- Truxtun, Thomas (1809). Biographical Memoirs of Thomas Truxtun, ESQ. from the Port Folio. Bradford & Inskeep.
- Tuckerman, Henry (2009). The Life of Silas Talbot. Bedford, Mass.: Applewood Books. hlm. 148. ISBN 9781429021593.
Pranala luar
- Excerpt from Truxtun's signal book Diarsipkan 2003-04-26 di Wayback Machine.
- Eugene S. Ferguson, Truxtun of the Constellation (322pp, 1956)
- (Inggris) Thomas Truxtun di Find a Grave