Thomas Truxtun

Thomas Truxtun

Biografi
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!
Kegiatan
Pekerjaan	personel militer
Cabang militer	Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat
Pangkat militer	Laksamana Pertama
Konflik	Perang Revolusi Amerika Serikat
Penghargaan  Congressional Gold Medal (en)

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.

• 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. 
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• 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. 

•  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. 

• 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