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DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentDANFSLength of Gundeck164' 0"Imperial Feet49.9872Breadth41' 0"Imperial Feet12.4968Depth in Hold13' 4"Imperial Feet3.9963Burthen1,266Tons BMDimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB90Length of Gundeck164' 0"Imperial Feet49.9872Breadth41' 5"Imperial Feet12.6238Depth in Hold14' 3"Imperial Feet4.2863Burthen1,266Tons BMArmament
1800Broadside Weight = 288 Imperial Pound ( 130.608 kg)DANFS | Gun Deck | 24 American 18 PounderQuarterdeck | 8 American 12-PounderForecastle | 4 American 12-Pounder1800Broadside Weight = 288 Imperial Pound ( 130.608 kg)B90 | Gun Deck | 24 American 18 PounderQuarterdeck | 8 American 12-PounderForecastle | 4 American 12-Pounder1800/01Broadside Weight = 252 Imperial Pound ( 114.282 kg)B90 | Gun Deck | 28 American 18 PounderCrew Complement
Date# of MenNotesSource1800340Establishment?DANFSService History
DateEventSource1799Outfitted at Portsmouth, Boston and Newport Rhode Island1800/01/06Left Newport in company with Essex (32)
as convoy to merchantmen1800/01/12Lost a mast and returned to port1800/07/26Left for the West Indies1800/08/29Recaptured the merchant brig Experiment1801/04Returned to Boston and placed in ordinary at Washington1804/04Recommissioned and left for the Mediterranean1804/08/11Arrived at Gibraltar1804/11Laid up in ordinary at Washington1804/11Returned to the United States1811/09Recommissioned after extensive repairs1812Several brief cruises along the Eastern coast of the United States1812/06Assigned to the North Atlantic squadron1812/06/23Chase of the Belvidera (36)
(36) in company with President (44)
1812/08Returned to Boston1812/10/08Left Boston in company with President (44)
1812/10/10Chased the Nymphe (38)
(38)1812/10/21Contacted Galatea (36)
(36) convoying two vessels, Congress took one - ''Argo''1812/12/31Returned to Boston after taking nine prizes in total on her cruise1813/04/30Cruise off the Cape Verde Islands and the Braziliam coast with President (44)
1813/05/02Unsuccessful chase of the British sloop Curlew (16)
(18)1813/05/08Parted company with President (44)
, sailed southeast taking four prizes1813/12/14Returned to Portsmouth for repairs and was disarmed and laid up1822/10Operations against the West Indies pirates1823Trips to Spain and Argentina carrying ministers of state1823/04Returned to the United States1824Placed in ordinary at Norfolk1824/12Towed to Washington for repairs1829Returned to Norfolk for service as a receiving ship, years later laid up in ordinary1834Broken up at Norfolk//
Notes on Ship
Original RequirementB90Originally ordered as a 44, re-rated during constructionDelays in constructionB90Construction ceased from 1796 to 1798Builder?B90The 'The U.S. Sailing Navy, 1775-1853' gives Jason Hackett as the builder.
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