The first USS ”Hornet” was a merchant sloop chartered from Captain William Stone in December 1775 to serve under Stone as a unit of Esek Hopkins’ Fleet.Hornet fitted…
USS ”Wasp was originally a merchant schooner named Scorpion”, built at Baltimore, and purchased by the Continental Navy late in 1775, the first US naval ship to be…
USS ”Bourbon” was a frigate in the Continental Navy, named for the House of Bourbon.During the American Revolutionary War, Bourbon was authorized as a 36-gun frigate by the…
USS ”Washington” was a Continental Navy frigate laid down in 1776 but never completed.Washington was among thirteen frigates authorized to be constructed for the new Continental Navy by…
USS ”Independence” (1776 sloop) was a sloop in the Continental Navy. Acting as a dispatch boat, she was sent to France on a diplomatic mission – carrying important…
USS ”Congress” was a row galley that served the Continental Navy during the American Revolution. The galley – which was rowed by oarsmen instead of using sail -…
The first USS ”Columbus was a ship in the Continental Navy. Built at Philadelphia in 1774 as Sally”, she was purchased for the Continental Navy in November 1775,…
The Alfred was a man-of-war in the Continental Navy of the United States. She was built as Black Prince, named for Edward, the Black Prince, and served as…
Originally chartered by the Rhode Island General Assembly as Katy, USS ”Providence” was a sloop in the Continental Navy. The ship took part in a number of campaigns…