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Chesapeake | 2395 | ||
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| Nominal Guns | 36 | DANFS | |
| Nationality | United States of America | ||
| Operator | United States Navy | ||
| Ordered | 30.6.1798 | DANFS | |
| Keel Laid Down | 14.11.1798 | DANFS | |
| Launched | 2.12.1799 | DANFS | |
| How acquired | Purpose built | DANFS | |
| Shipyard | Gosport Shipyard - Gosport | DANFS | |
| Designed by | Josiah Fox (1763-1847) | BWAS-1793 | |
| Constructor | Humphreys, Huttan & Delavue | DANFS | |
| Category | Fifth Rate | DANFS | |
| Ship Type | Frigate | DANFS | |
| Sailing Rig | Ship Rigged | DANFS | |
| Captured | 1.6.1813 | DANFS | |
| Becomes | British Fifth Rate frigate 'Chesapeake' (1813) (38) | ||
Incident with Leopard (50), in which the Chesapeake suffered 21 casualties and had 4 men carried off
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| Dates | Fleet | Fleet Commander | Source | 1802-1803 | American Mediterranean Squadron 1802-1803 | Richard V Morris |
In the action against the Shannon the Chesapeake had sixty-one killed or mortally wounded, including her Captain, First and Fourth Lieutenants, master, Boatswain and three Midshipmen, and eight-five wounded, including her both the other Lieutenants, five midshipmen and the Chaplain.
During the fifteen minute engagement the Chesapeake was struck by the following shot (From a table in Roosevelt)
| 39 | eighteen pound |
| 25 | thirty-two pound |
| 2 | nine pound |
| 306 | grape |
| 362 | Total shot |