Holdup, Thomas, in the battle of Lake Erie, chases and captures the _Chippewa_ and _Little Belt_, ii. 326. _Holland_, torpedo boat, launching of, iv. 543. Holland, John P., inventor of submarine torpedo boats, iv. 542. Honor, American Medal of, origin of, iv. 111. Hope, Lieutenant David, horrible cruelty of, to sailors, i. 389; wounded on the _Macedonian_, ii. 140; his report on gunnery practice, 143. Hopkins, Esek, Commander-in-chief of first American fleet, i. 42; career of, 48; dismissed from the service, 61; dies near Providence, R. I., _ib._ Hopkins, Captain John Burrows, in command of the _Cabot_, i. 57. Hopkins, Commodore Robert, receives his appointment through influence of John Adams, i. 49; sent to Chesapeake Bay in search of Lord Dunmore, 53; goes to the Bahamas instead and attacks the British there, _ib._ Hopkins, Stephen, member of first Marine Committee, i. 36. _Hornet_, sloop of first American Navy, i. 40. _Hornet_, American sloop-of-war, blockades the British warship _Bonne Citoyenne_ in Bahia Harbor, ii. 179; raises the blockade on the approach of the _Montagu_, 180; captures the _Resolution_, 181; falls in with the _Peacock_, _ib._; fight with the _Peacock_, 182–184; encounters the _Penguin_, iii. 273; the _Penguin_ surrenders, 274–280; the _Hornet_ chased by the _Cornwallis_, but escapes, 282–284; Captain Robert Henley appointed to command, 330; detailed to South America to destroy pirates, 331. Horses, wild, as weapons of offence, iii. 401. _Housatonic_, Federal war-ship, attacked by the Confederate ironclad _Palmetto State_, iv. 474. Howard, Lieutenant Samuel, iv. 370. Howe, Captain Tyringham, i. 59. Huger, Captain Thomas B., at New Orleans, iv. 321; mortally wounded, 332. Hull, Lieutenant Isaac, cuts the privateer _Sandwich_ out of Puerto Plata, i. 329; tricky conduct of the officers of two British frigates to, ii. 15; the frigates turn and retreat, 16; his opinion of the crew of the _Constitution_, 52; his escape from a British squadron, after standing at his post for two days, 53–69; race with the _Guerrière_, 55; fight with and capture of the _Guerrière_, 76–95; reception on returning to Boston, 101; Congress votes a gold medal to, 103. Humphreys, Joshua, American ship-builder, statement of, in regard to new ships, i. 311; his theories accepted, 312. Hunt, William H., Secretary of the Navy, appoints a board of naval officers, with Rear-admiral Rodgers at its head, iv. 527. _Hunter_, American ship, captured by the _Peacock_, ii. 191; taken in charge by the _Hornet_, _ib._ _Hunter_, British ship, attacked by privateers, i. 200. _Hunter_, British brig, in battle of Lake Erie, ii. 296.