USS Trumbull (1776)
Trumbull (right) engaging Watt | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Trumbull |
| Builder | John Cotton, Chatham, Connecticut |
| Laid down | March or April 1776 |
| Launched | 5 September 1776 |
| Commissioned | 1779 |
| Fate | Captured, 28 August 1781 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Frigate |
| Tons burthen | 700 tons |
| Complement | 200 |
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| Service record | |
| Commanders: | Capt. James Nicholson |
USS Trumbull was a 30-gun frigate of the Continental Navy. She was one of the thirteen frigates authorized by the Continental Congress on 13 December 1775. According to American sources, they were superior in design and construction to the same class of European vessels in their day. Its keel was laid down in March or April 1776 at Chatham, Connecticut, by John Cotton and was launched on 5 September 1776.