🇺🇸⚓️🪦 Father of the U.S. Navy! Commodore John Berry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Commodore John Barry, born in 1745 in Ireland, immigrated to America and became a pivotal figure in the American Revolutionary War as a naval officer. Often referred to as the "Father of the American Navy," he commanded the USS Alliance, securing significant victories, including one of the war’s final naval battles in 1783. After the war, he was appointed the first commissioned officer of the United States Navy b

On September 13th we commemorate "Commodore John Barry Day", an annual AOH National Holiday dedicated to the great Irish-American naval officer. In 1981, President Reagan designated September 13th as “Commodore John Barry Day” as a "tribute to one of the earliest and greatest American Patriots, a man of great insight who perceived very early the need for American power on the sea.” Barry was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1745. He was appointed a captain in the Continental Navy on December 7, 1775