Continental navy ships

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1	Ship Name (Primary)	Date Acquired by Congress	Launch Date	Commissioned Date	Alternate/Previous Names	Place of Origin/Construction	Type	Guns	Fate	Notes

2	Active	1779-07				Marshfield, Mass.	Brigantine		Captured by HMS Prosperine off Havana, 23 Mar 1782. British then sold her in Jamaica.	Listed under "local or subsidiary vessels" in The Sailing Navy
3	Alfred	1775-11-04		1775-12-03	Black Prince	Philadelphia, Pa.	Ship	24	Captured 9 March 1778 by HMS Ariadne, 20, and Ceres, 16. Became the HMS Alfred until its sale in 1782.
4	Alliance		1778-04-28	1778	Hancock	Salisbury, Mass.	Frigate	32	Sold out of service on 3 June 1785 (last ship sold by the Continental Navy)
5	America		1782-11-05	Never		Portsmouth, N.H.	Ship of the line	74	Given to France on 3 September 1782. Scrapped in France due to dry rot in 1786
6	Andrew Doria	1775-11		1776-01	Defiance	Philadelphia, Pa.	Brig	14	Burned to prevent capture in the Delaware River, 21 November 1777
7	Argo	1779-03-24			Sally	Providence, R.I.	Sloop	12	Sold out of service in 1779; later commissioned as a R.I. privateer in 1780
8	Ariel	1780-10	1777-07-07	1780	HMS Ariel	Blackwall Yard, London, UK	Ship	20	Launched as a British ship, capturd by the French in 1779, and loaned to the Continental navy. Returned to France in June 1781
9	Baltimore	1777	1777			Baltimore, Md.	Brigantine	12	Dispatch vessel. Lost near Cape Henry, Va., 29 Jan 1780.
10	Bonhomme Richard	1779-02-04	1779-02		Duc de Duras	France	Frigate	42	Sank after action with Serapis, 25 September 1779
11	Boston		1776-06-03	Spring 1777		Newburyport, Mass.	Frigate	24	Captured at Charleston, S.C., 12 May 1780. Became the HMS Charleston and assisted the British near Massachusetts.
12	Bourbon		1783-07-31	Never		Chatham, Conn.	Frigate	36	Sold incomplete in Sep 1783
13	Cabot	1775-11		1775		Philadelphia, Pa.	Brig	14	Captured by HMS Milford in 1777 near Nova Scotia. Taken in British service as HMS Cabot
14	Cerf	1779-09-08					Cutter	18	Returned to France after the war
15	Champion	1777-09-08					Xebec	8	Pennsyvlania state navy ship loaned to the Continental navy. Destroyed to avoid capture, Delaware River, 21 Nov 1777
16	Columbus	1775-11		1776-01-04	Sally	Philadelphia, Pa.	Ship	20	Burned at Point Judith, R.I. 27 March 1778 after being chased on shore by a British squadron
17	Confederacy		1778-11-08	1779-04		Norwich, Conn.	Frigate	32	Captured by Roebuck, 44, Orpheus, 32, 14 April 1781. Became the HMS Confederate
18	Congress		1776-10-29	Never		Poughkeepsie, N.Y.	Frigate	28	Destroyed to avoid capture, Hudson River, 6 October 1777
19	Deane		1777	1779-01	Hague	Nantes, France	Frigate	32	Named changed to Hague in September 1782. Sold 1783
20	Delaware		1776-07-12	1777		Philadelphia, Pa.	Frigate	24	Captured in Delaware, 27 September 1777. Used by the Royal Navy as HMS Delaware until its sale in 1783
21	Diligent	1779-05-07			HMS Diligent	America	Brig	12	Built in America as HMS Diligent, the Continental navy captured this ship in 1779. Diligent was destroyed to avoid capture, Penobscot, Me.,14 August 1779.
22	Dolphin	1777-02-17		1777-05		Dover, England/Nantes, France	Cutter	10	Cruiser, packet, then receiving ship, sequestered in France in 1777
23	Duc de Lauzun	1782-10				Dover, England/Nantes, France	Ship	20	Sold in 1783 after transporting French soldiers to Europe
24	Effingham		1776-11-07	Never		Philadelphia, Pa.	Frigate	28	Sunk (unfinished) in the Delaware River, 2 November 1777. Burned to the waterline by the British, 7 May 1778.
25	Enterprise	1776-12-20					Schooner	8	LofM purchased. Operated in Chesapeake Bay, 1776-77. Returned, Feb 1777
26	Fly	1776-01				Baltimore, Md.	Schooner	8	Burned to avoid capture, Delaware River, 1777
27	General Arnold	1776				Baltimore, Md.	Schooner	20	Purchased 1776 to carry dispatches. Out of service after 1778.
28	General Gates	1777-12-19	1778-05-24		Industrious Bee	Bristol, England	Brigantine	18	Retired from fighting in April 1779 and subsequently used to transport prisoners; sold out of service on 2 June 1779
29	General Washington	1782-08			General Monk		Ship	20	Sold summer of 1784
30	Hampden	Summer 1776	1776-10-27	1776-09		New Haven, Conn.	Brig	14	Sold at Providence, R.I.,1777 after suffering damage
31	Hancock		1776-07-10	1777-05		Newburyport, Mass.	Frigate	32	Captured by HMS Rainbow, 44, 1777. Served in the Royal Navy as HMS Iris and captured numerous Continental navy ships.
32	Hornet	1775-12		1776	Falcon	Baltimore, Md.	Sloop	10	Destroyed to avoid capture, Delaware River, in November 1777
33	Independence	1775				Baltimore, Md.	Sloop	10	Wrecked at Ocracoke Inlet, N.C., 24 April 1778
34	L'Indien		1777	Never		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Frigate	40	Sold to France; later acquired by South Carolina Navy as South Carolina. Captured in 1782
35	Lexington	1776-03-13		1776-03	Wild Duck	Bermuda/St. Eustatius	Brig	16	Captured by British cutter Alert, 10, 1777 near Ushant, France
36	Montgomery		1776-10	Never		Poughkeepsie, N.Y.	Frigate	24	Burned to avoid capture, Hudson River, 6 October 1777
37	Mosquito	1775-1776				Philadelphia, Pa.	Sloop	4	Destroyed to avoid capture, Delaware River, 1777
38	Pallas	Spring 1779				France	Frigate	32	France loaned this ship to the Continental navy; returned to France after the war
39	Pigot						Schooner	8	Sold in 1780
40	Providence	1775-03-12		1776-01-09	Katy	Providence, R.I.	Sloop	12	Destroyed to avoid capture, Penobscot, Me.,14 August 1779
41	Providence		1776-05-18	1776-12		Providence, R.I.	Frigate	28	Captured at Charleston, S.C., 1780. Used by the Royal Navy as HMS Providence until its sale at the end of the war.
42	Queen of France	1777		1778	La Brune	L'Orient, France	Frigate	28	Sunk as obstruction, Charleston, S.C., 11 May 1780
43	Racehorse	1776-09-08					Sloop	12	Destroyed to avoid capture, Delaware River, 1777
44	Raleigh		1776-05-21	1777-08		Portsmouth, N.H.	Frigate	32	Captured by Experiment, 50, Unicorn, 28, 1778. Fought as HBMS Raleigh during the invasion at Charleston, S.C.
45	Randolph		1776-07-10	1776		Philadelphia, Pa.	Frigate	32	Blew up engaging Yarmouth, 64, 1778 near South Carolina
46	Ranger		1777-05-10	1777-10	Hampshire	Portsmouth, N.H.	Sloop	18	Captured at Charleston, S.C., 1780. Later became HMS Halifax
47	Reprisal	1776-03-28		Spring 1776	Molly		Brig	16	Lost at sea, near Newfoundland, October 1777
48	Repulse	1777					Xebec	8	Pennsylvania state navy loaned this ship to the Continental navy; destroyed to avoid capture, Delaware River, 1777
49	Resistance	1777-04-24		1777-08		Stonington, Conn.	Brigantine	10	Captured by Howe's fleet, 1778
50	Retaliation	1778-09-08					Brigantine		Unknown
51	Revenge	1777-05		1777-07		Dunkirk, France	Cutter	14	Sold at Philadelphia, 1779. Captured as privateer, 1779.
52	Sachem	1776-05-02			HMS Edward		Sloop	10	Destroyed to avoid capture, Delaware River, 1777
53	Saratoga		1780-04-10	1780-08		Philadelphia, Pa.	Sloop	18	Lost at sea, near Cap Francais, West Indies, 1781
54	Serapis	1779					Frigate	44	Sold at L'Orient, France to a private citizen. Private citizen sold the ship to the French Navy, and it burned in July 1781.
55	Surprise	1777					Sloop		Unknown
56	Surprise	1777			Surprize	Dover, England/Dunkirk, France	Lugger	10	Seized by France to avoid aggravating tensions prior to its formal entry into the war
57	Trumbull		1776-09-05	1779-09-20		Chatham, Conn.	Frigate	28	Captured, in very poor condition, by HMS Iris, 32 (ex-Hancock) and HMS General Monk, 18, 1781, but did not become part of the Royal Navy
58	Vengeance	1779-02				France	Brig	12	France loaned this ship to the Continental navy; returned to France after the war
59	Virginia		1776-08-12	Spring 1777		Fells Pt, Md.	Frigate	28	Run aground in Chesapeake near Hampton, Va. Captured, 31 March 1778. Later became HMS Virginia.
60	Warren		1776-05-15	1778-04		Providence, R.I.	Frigate	32	Destroyed to avoid capture, Penonscot, Me., August 1779
61	Washington		1776-08-07	Never		Philadelphia, Pa.	Frigate	32	Scuttled to avoid capture, Delaware River, 1777. Parts salvaged and sold in Philadelphia in 1778.
62	Wasp	1775-12		1775-12	Scorpion	Baltimore, Md.	Schooner	8	Destroyed to avoid capture, via a gunpowder explosion, Delaware River, 1777
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