USS Delaware (1776)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Delaware |
| Ordered | 13 December 1775 |
| Builder | Warwick Coates |
| Launched | July 1776 |
| Captured | 27 September 1777 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Delaware |
| Acquired | 1777 |
| Fate | Sold April 1783 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | United States |
| Acquired | 1783 by purchase |
| Fate | Sold 1786 |
| France | |
| Name | Dauphin |
| Acquired | By purchase 1786 or 1788 |
| Fate | Still in service in 1795 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Frigate |
| Tons burthen | 560, or 5631⁄49, or 695 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 32 ft 10+1⁄2 in (10.0 m) |
| Depth of hold | 9 ft 8+1⁄2 in (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Armament |
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| Notes | Built of live oak |
USS Delaware was a 24-gun frigate of the Continental Navy that had a short career during the American Revolutionary War as the British Royal Navy captured her in 1777. The Royal Navy took her in as an "armed ship", and later classed her a sixth-rate. The Royal Navy sold her in 1783. British owners named her United States and then French interests purchased her and named her Dauphin. She spent some years as a whaler and then in March 1795 she was converted at Charleston, South Carolina, to French privateer. Her subsequent fate is unclear.