USS ”Congress” (1777) was a 28-gun frigate of the Continental Navy that was scheduled to participate in the American Revolutionary War against the British. However, while being outfitted…
The Continental Navy frigate USS ”Deane, named after American commissioner to France Silas Deane, was built at Nantes, France, and brought to the United States in May 1778…
The first USS ”Delaware” of the United States Navy was a 24-gun sailing frigate that had a short career in the American Revolutionary War.She was built under the…
Effingham, a 32-gun frigate of the Continental Navy named after The 3rd Earl of Effingham, was built at Philadelphia in 1776 and 1777, and Captain John Barry was…
The second Hancock was one of the first 13 frigates of the Continental Navy. A resolution of the Continental Congress of British North America 13 December 1775 authorized…
USS ”Montgomery” was a three-masted, wooden-hulled sailing frigate and one of the first 13 ships authorized by the Continental Congress on 13 December 1775. She was built by…
USS ”Providence”, a gundalow, was built at Skenesboro, New York, on Lake Champlain by the Continental Army for Brigadier-General Benedict Arnold’s fleet on Lake Champlain in 1776, during…
USS ”Queen of France” was a frigate in the Continental Navy. She was named for Marie Antoinette.Queen of France was an old ship purchased in France in 1777…
USS ”Raleigh was one of thirteen ships that the Continental Congress authorized for the United States Navy in 1775. Following her capture in 1778, she served in the…