List of sailing frigates of the United States Navy
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This is a list of sailing frigates of the United States Navy. Frigates were the backbone of the early Navy, although the list shows that many suffered unfortunate fates.
The sailing frigates of the United States built from 1797 on were unique in that their hulls were made of American live oak, a particularly hardy genus that made very resilient hulls; as a result of this, the ships were known to withstand damage that would have scuppered frigates of other nations. American frigates were also very heavily armed; the USN's 44s were actually armed with approximately 54 to 60 guns.
Continental Navy
Name | Class | Dates of Service | Fate |
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Alliance[1] | Alliance-class[2] | 1778[1]– 1785[1] | abandoned near Philadelphia[1] |
Bonhomme Richard | 1779 | sank after taking Serapis | |
Boston[2] | Boston-class[2] | 1777[2]– 1780[2] | captured by the British[2] |
Bourbon | 1783 | never completed | |
Confederacy | 1778–1781 | captured by the British | |
Congress (II) | 1776–1777 | never completed | |
Deane | 1778–1783 | ||
Delaware | 1776–1777 | captured by the British | |
Effingham | 1777 | never completed | |
Hancock[2] | Hancock-class[2] | 1776[2]– 1777[2] | captured by the British[2] |
Montgomery | 1776–1777 | destroyed to prevent capture, Hudson River | |
Providence | 1776–1780 | captured by the British, Charleston, South Carolina | |
Raleigh | 1776–1778 | captured by the British | |
Randolph[2] | Randolph-class | 1776[2]– 1778[2] | exploded in battle[2] |
Virginia | 1776–1778 | captured by the British | |
Warren[2] | Randolph-class[2] | 1776[2]– 1779[2] | destroyed to prevent capture, Penobscot Expedition[2] |
Washington | 1776–1777 | destroyed to prevent capture, Philadelphia |
United States Navy
Name | Class | Dates of Service | Fate |
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Adams[2] | Adams-class[2] | 1799[2]– 1814[2] | scuttled and burned to prevent capture[2] |
Boston[2] | Boston-class[2] | 1799[2]– 1814[2] | burned to prevent capture[2] |
Brandywine | 1825–1864 | destroyed by fire | |
Chesapeake[1] | Chesapeake-class[1] | 1800[1]– 1813[1] | captured by the British[1] |
Columbia | 1836–1861 | scuttled and burned to prevent capture | |
Congress[1] | Constellation-class[1] | 1799[1]– 1834[1] | broken up[1] |
Congress (IV) | 1841–1862 | burned and sank after action with CSS Virginia | |
Constellation[1] | Constellation-class[1] | 1797[1]– 1853[1] | remodeled into sloop-of-war |
Constitution[1] | United States-class[1] | 1797[1] to date | remains in commission |
Cumberland | 1842–1862 | sunk by CSS Virginia | |
Cyane | 1815–1835 | broken up | |
Essex[2] | Essex-class[2] | 1799[2]– 1814[2] | captured by the British[2] |
General Greene[2] | General Greene-class[2] | 1799[2]– 1814[2] | destroyed by fire[2] |
Guerriere | 1814–1841 | broken up | |
Hudson | 1826–1844 | broken up | |
Insurgent | 1799–1800 | lost at sea | |
Java | 1814–1842 | broken up, Norfolk, Virginia | |
John Adams[2] | John Adams-class[2] | 1799[2]– 1867[2] | sold[2] |
Macedonian (I) | 1812–1828 | broken up, Norfolk, Virginia | |
Macedonian (II) | 1836–1871 | sold | |
New York[2] | New York-class | [2]1800– 1814[2] | burned by the British[2] |
Philadelphia[2] | Philadelphia-class[2] | 1799[2]– 1804[2] | captured by Tripoli[2] boarded and burned by Stephen Decatur[2] |
Potomac | 1822–1877 | sold | |
President[1] | United States-class[1] | 1800[1]– 1815[1] | captured by the British[1] |
Raritan | 1843–1861 | destroyed to prevent capture | |
Sabine | 1855–1883 | sold | |
St. Lawrence | 1848–1875 | sold | |
United States[1] | United States-class[1] | 1797[1]– 1861[1] 1862[1]- 1866[1] |
broken up for scrap |
References
Chapelle, Howard Irving. The History of the American Sailing Navy; The Ships and Their Development. New York: Norton, 1949.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sloops_of_war_of_the_United_States_Navy"
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af Silverstone, Paul H. (2001). The Sailing Navy, 1775-1854. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1557508935.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc Bauer, Karl Jack (1991). Register of ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0313262029.