The USS Alliance commanded by Captain John Barry, defeats the HMS Sybil on March 10, 1783, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the last naval action of the American Revolutionary War. The battle was fought to protect a shipment of Spanish silver dollars meant for the Continental Army.
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