THE PRINCIPAL SHIPS OF THE CONTINENTAL NAVY

NAMECLASSGUNSORIGINEND
Alfred Ship 24 Purchased, November, 1775 Captured, March 9, 1778, off Senegal, in company
with the Raleigh, by an inferior force.
Columbus Ship 20 Purchased, November, 1775 Chased ashore, March, 1778, on Point Judith, and
burned.
Andrew Doria Brig 14 Purchased, November, 1775 Destroyed, October 7, 1777, in Delaware River, to
prevent capture by greatly superior force.
Cabot Brig 14 Purchased, November, 1775 Chased ashore, Nova Scotia, March, 1777, by British
frigate; was got off, and taken into British service.
Providence Sloop 12 Purchased early in 1776 Destroyed, August, 1779, Penobscot Expedition, to
prevent capture by greatly superior force.
Lexington Brig 16 Purchased in 1776 Captured, September 19, 1777, by British cutter
Alert, 10.
Reprisal Brig 16 Purchased in 1776 Lost, October, 1777, banks of Newfoundland, on
return from Europe.
Raleigh Frigate 32 Built at Portsmouth, N. H., 1776 Chased ashore, September, 1778, by greatly superior
force, on Maine coast; hauled off, and taken into
British service.
Hancock Frigate 32 Built at Salisbury, Mass., 1776 Captured, July, 1777, off Cape Sambro, by Rainbow, 44.
Washington Frigate 32 Built on the Delaware, 1776 Destroyed, May, 1778, in Delaware River, to prevent
capture, without getting to sea.
Randolph Frigate 32 Built on the Delaware, 1776 Blew up, March 17, 1778, in action with Yarmouth, 64.
Warren Frigate 28 Built at Providence, 1776 Destroyed, August, 1779, in Penobscot Bay Expedition.
Providence Frigate 28 Built at Providence, 1776 Captured, May 11, 1780, on surrender of Charleston.
Trumbull Frigate 28 Built at Middletown, Conn., 1776 Captured, August 9, 1781, by superior force.
Congress Frigate 28 Built at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1776 Destroyed, October, 1777, in Hudson, to prevent capture.
Virginia Frigate 28 Built at Baltimore, 1776 Captured, March 31, 1778, in Chesapeake, through
grounding.
Effingham Frigate 28 Built on the Delaware, 1776 Destroyed, May, 1778, in the Delaware, without getting
to sea.
Boston Frigate 24 Built at Newburyport, 1776 Captured, May 11, 1780, on surrender of Charleston.
Montgomery Frigate 24 Built at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1776 Destroyed, October, 1777, in Hudson, to prevent capture;
never got to sea.
Delaware Frigate 24 Built on the Delaware, 1776 Captured, September, 1777, at Philadelphia, by
General Howe.
Ranger Ship 18 Built at Portsmouth, N. H., 1777 Captured, May 11th, on surrender of Charleston; a
very successful ship.
Confederacy Frigate 32 Built at Norwich, Conn., 1778 Surrendered, April 15, 1781, to British frigates Roebuck
and Orpheus.
Pallas Frigate 32 Purchased in France, 1779 Later history unknown.
General Gates Ship 18 Built 1778 Sold.
Bonhomme Richard Frigate 42 Purchased in France, Jan., 1779 Sunk, September 25, 1779, after capturing the Serapis.
Serapis Frigate 44 Captured, September 23, 1779 Sold at Lorient, France, date unknown.
Deane (renamed, in
1782, the Hague)		 Frigate 32 Built in France, 1777 Sold, August, 1783.
Queen of France Frigate 28 Built in France, 1777 Sunk at Charleston, April, 1780, as an obstruction to
British fleet.
Revenge Cutter 14 Purchased in France, 1777 Sold, March, 1779, after having great success as a
cruiser; refitted as a privateer under same captain
(Conyngham), and captured April, 1779.
Saratoga Cutter 18 Built 1777 Lost, 1781, at sea, and never heard of.
General Washington Cutter 20 Originally a privateer Captured by British and named General Monk; recaptured
by Barney, in Hyder Ally, April 8, 1782;
bought into the Continental service, resumed
original name, and was sold in 1784.
Duc de Lauzun Cutter 20 Purchased 1782 Sold in France, 1783.
Bourbon Frigate 36 Built at Middletown, Conn., 1782-1783 Sold, September, 1783.
AmericaShip-of-
the-line		 74 Laid down, May, 1777;
launched, November 5, 1782		 Presented to France by Resolution of Congress of
September 3, 1782, to replace the Magnifique,
wrecked, August 13, 1782, on Lovell’s Island, near
Boston.
Indian Frigate 40 Built by Congress in Holland Sold to France to escape diplomatic complications;
hired to South Carolina; captured, December 19,
1782, by a British squadron.
Alliance Frigate 32 Built at Salisbury, Mass., 1778 Sold, August, 1785. With this sale ended the navy
of the Revolution.