USS Boston (1777)
Boston (first from right) on 8 July 1777 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Boston |
| Namesake | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Builder | Stephen and Ralph Cross, Newburyport, Massachusetts |
| Launched | 3 June 1776 |
| Fate | Captured 12 May 1780 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Charlestown |
| Acquired | 12 May 1780 by capture |
| Fate | Sold 1783 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Frigate |
| Tonnage | 514 |
| Length |
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| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Depth of hold | 10 ft 3 in (3.1 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Speed | 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) |
| Armament |
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USS Boston was a 24-gun frigate of the Continental Navy. She was launched on June 3, 1776 by Stephen and Ralph Cross at Newburyport, Massachusetts and completed the following year. In American service she captured several British vessels. The British captured Boston during the siege of Charleston and took her into service as HMS Charlestown. She was engaged in one major fight with two French frigates, which she survived and which saved the convoy she was protecting. The British sold Charlestown in 1783, immediately after the end of the war.