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…
The first USS ”Randolph” was a 32-gun frigate in the Continental Navy named for Peyton Randolph.Construction of the first Randolph was authorized by the Continental Congress on 13…
The first Alliance of the United States Navy was a 36-gun sailing frigate of the American Revolutionary War.Originally named Hancock, she was laid down in 1777 on the…
The second Trumbull was a three-masted, wooden-hulled sailing frigate and was one of the first 13 frigates authorized by the Continental Congress on 13 December 1775 and were…
Bonhomme Richard, formerly Duc de Duras, was a warship in the Continental Navy. She was originally an East Indiaman, a merchant ship built in France for the French…