The first Baltimore in naval service in the United States was a 12-gun brigantine that served in the Continental Navy from 1777 to 1780.Baltimore was built in Baltimore,…

USS” General Gates” was a brigantine of the Continental Navy active in 1778 and 1779.Built as the merchant brigantine Industrious Bee in 1764 at Bristol, England, for operations…

The first USS ”Lexington of the Thirteen Colonies was a brigantine purchased in 1776. The Lexington” was an 86-foot two-mast wartime sailing ship for the fledgling Continental Navy…