 The British fleet included four officers who later became admirals in the Royal Navy : Thomas Pringle , James Dacres , Edward Pellew and John Schank . Valcour Bay , the site of the battle , is now a National Historic Landmark , as is USS Philadelphia , which sank shortly after the October 11 battle , and was raised in 1935 . The underwater site of USS Spitfire , located in 1997 , is on the National Register of Historic Places . 
