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Texan schooner San Jacinto

In 1838, President Mirabeau B. Lamar responded to this threat by forming a second Texas Navy.

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These ships, under the command of Commodore Charles Hawkins, helped Texas win independence by preventing a Mexican blockade of the Texas coast, seizing Mexican ships carrying reinforcements and supplies to its army, and sending their cargoes to the Texas volunteer army.

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