It was natural that Arnold would take advantage of Skene’s community to expand the Rebel fleet. The two warships gave the Rebels control of Lake Champlain. John, capturing the sloop George and renaming it Enterprise. After rowing all night, they attacked the fort at St. On May 16, the ship was stalled due to lack of wind north of Isle la Motte, so Arnold and 35 men led the assault in small boats. Arnold renamed Skene’s ship USS Liberty and embarked on an assault on the British shipyard at St. During the raid, Arnold and Allen captured Skene’s two-masted ship, Katherine. With little effort, they then captured the British-held forts Ticonderoga and Crown Point. As Skene was a Loyalist, many of the locals were not too fond of him-so they looked the other way when Arnold and his Rebels helped themselves to a few of Skene’s goods. Skene was away in London when the Rebels seized Skenesborough. On May 11, 1775, Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen raided Skenesborough with the aim of commandeering some of Colonel Philip Skene’s ships. None of this dissuades the people of Whitehall from defending their title as the birthplace of the U.S.

Navy does not recognize Whitehall’s claim, noting these operations were under the authority of the Continental Army. Other claims include Machias, Maine Providence, Rhode Island and Marblehead, Massachusetts-but none of these predate the naval action that took place beginning on Lake Champlain in May 1775.

Navy traces its lineage to Philadelphia, the seat of the second Continental Congress, where a resolution was passed on October 13, 1775, creating the origins of the Continental Navy. Navy.” It is one of several places that holds claim to such a title. Whitehall is known locally as the “Birthplace of the U.S. View of Tug and Champlain Canal at Whitehall – Leslie Dixon

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