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Events on Saturday 14 August 1779 1
1779Penobscot ExpeditionMassachusetts fleet destroyed in Penobscot BayA large Massachusetts naval and land force was sent to drive the British from a new post at Castine in present-day Maine. After weeks of indecisive siege, the American fleet was trapped by British reinforcements, and almost all of its ships were scuttled or captured. It was the worst American naval defeat before Pearl Harbor.