USS Delaware (1798)

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For other ships with the same name, see USS Delaware.
History
United States
NameUSS Delaware
NamesakeDelaware
BuilderPhiladelphia Naval Shipyard
Laid down1794
Acquiredby purchase, May 5, 1798
FateSold, June 1801
General characteristics
Tons burthen321 (bm)
Length94 ft 9 in (28.88 m)
Draft14 ft (4.3 m)
Complement180 officers and enlisted
Armament
  • 16 × 9-pounder guns
  • 4 × 6-pounder guns

The second USS Delaware was a ship which served in the United States Navy during Quasi-War with France.

The USS Delaware was designed by

Stephen Decatur, Sr.
, was appointed to command and outfit her for sea.

During the

New York, patrolled the West Indies, and escorted convoys into Havana
.

Her first prize, the privateer

Great Egg Harbor July 7, 1798. Lloyd's List (LL) reported on 17 August that the American sloop-of-war Delaware had captured a French privateer of the American coast. The privateer had captured the merchantman Liberty, Vredenburg, master, which had been sailing from Philadelphia to Liverpool. Liberty had since been recaptured.[1]

From 14 July to 23 September, she cruised in the West Indies, often in company with the frigate United States, and together the ships took two privateers prize. During her second cruise in the West Indies, between December 15, 1798 and May 20, 1799, she took another prize, privateer "Marsouin" on 5 March, 1799 off Havana[2] and won the thanks of the merchants of Havana for the protection she had given merchantmen sailing to that port. She headed home and was off Fort Mifflin by 23 May, 1799.[3]

Between cruises Capt. Thomas Baker became her captain & a new crew was recruited.[4]

Delaware's return to the West Indies from July 1799 to July 1800 found her joining the

Baltimore
, where she was sold early in June 1801.

See also

References

  1. ^ LL 17 August 1798, №3024.
  2. ^ "Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume 2 Part 3 of 3 Naval Operations November 1798 to March 1799" (PDF). U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume 2 Part 4 of 3 Naval Operations April 1799 to July 1799 May Pg. 239" (PDF). U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume 2 Part 4 of 3 Naval Operations April 1799 to July 1799 June Pg. 403" (PDF). U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
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