Rathbone, Captain John P., i. 186; releases American prisoners, _ib._; commands the _Queen of France_, 281. _Rattlesnake_, American ship, captured by the _Leander_, ii. 387. Ravenel, Dr. St. Julien, aids in fitting out torpedo boats, iv. 497. _Razee_, a line-of-battle ship, ii. 403, iii. 56. Read, Lieutenant Charles W., appointed to command the _Clarence_, iv. 424; captures the _Tacony_ and burns the _Clarence_, _ib._; captures the _Archer_ and cuts out the _Caleb Cushing_, _ib._; captured, _ib._ Red River, Texas, blockaded, iv. 358. Red River dam, iv. 372–374. _Reefer_, American schooner, iii. 410. Reid, Commodore George C., bombards and burns Malay towns, iii. 375–379. Reid, Captain Samuel C., sails from New York Harbor, iii. 187; arrives at Fayal, _ib._; the brig _Carnation_, accompanied by the _Plantagenet_ and the frigate _Rota_; enter the harbor, 188; attacked in a neutral port, 189; heavy loss of the enemy, _ib._; the population gather to watch the issue, 190; the _Carnation_ attacks with a fleet of boats, _ib._; a fierce hand-to-hand fight, 192; he scuttles and abandons his ship, 200; returns home, 201; is enthusiastically received and honored, _ib._; his pedigree, _ib._; originated the arrangement of the stars and stripes in the American flag, _ib._; dies in New York City, _ib._ Reilly, Lieutenant James, iii. 81. _Reindeer_, British brig-sloop, captured by the _Wasp_ (No. 3), iii. 88; armament of, 91; the wounded of, sent to Plymouth, _ib._ Renshaw, Master-commandant James, on the _Enterprise_ after the _Boxer-Enterprise_ battle, ii. 386. _Reprisal_, American brig, captures a number of prizes, i. 70; fight with the _Shark_, 71; Franklin sails for France on the, 114; close call of, 118; ordered to leave France, 119; founders, _ib._ _Resolute_, Federal steamer, at Acquia Creek, iv. 81. _Resolution_, British brig, captured by the _Hornet_, ii. 181, 191. _Retaliation_, American gun-ship, formerly the French ship _Croyable_, i. 316, 330, 400. _Revenge_, American sloop, i. 89. _Revenge_, American man-of-war, i. 126; takes numerous prizes, _ib._ Rhind, Commander A. C., iv. 480; Commander of the _Louisiana_, 510. Rhode Island, first naval fight in waters of, i. 2. _Richmond_, United States screw sloop, iv. 16; Captain Thornton A. Jenkins, 386. Richmond, Va., railroad communication cut off from, iv. 267. Ricot, Captain, in Paul Jones’s fleet, i. 232. Rifled cannon introduced into the American Navy, iv. 20, 21. _Rising Sun_, American sloop, renamed the _Preble_, iii. 136, 138, 140. “River Defence Squadron,” Confederate, iv. 297. _Roanoke_, United States screw frigate, launched, iv. 15. Roanoke Island, expedition to, iv. 109.