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USF Insurgent (1799)

Page history last edited by Mark Gutis 7 mos ago

Gun Deck	Keel	Beam	Depth	Draught	Burthen	Displacement	Source
148' 0"		37' 5"	11' 9"

Date	Crew	Guns	Lower Gundeck	Quarterdeck	Forecastle	B/S Weight	Source
1779-Feb-09	340	40	24 x 12 2 x 24	6 x 6 4 x 36C	2 x 6 2 x 24C

Note: All guns are French and weights are therfore French as well.

Date From	Date To	Rank/Position	Name	Source

1799-Feb-09	Captured by Constellation near Nevis Island in the West Indies
1799-Feb	Refitted and cruised the Caribbean under command of Lt. John Rodgers
1799-May	Ordered to return to the USA and purchased into US Navy for $84,500
1799-Aug-14	Left Hampton Roads, Virginia for a cruise in European Waters
1799-Sep-01	Arrived off the Azores
1799-Sep-13	Arrived at Lisbon, Portugal
1799-Sep-17	Left Lisbon
1799-Sep-24	In Gibraltar Bay
1799-Sep-30	Left Gibraltar to cruise off Cape Spartel
1799-Oct-30	Arrived at Cayenne, South America
1799-Nov-12	Took a 14-gun English Brig, which was taken by a French Privateer the previous day
1800-Feb-08	Arrived at Jamaica in company with Constellation
1800-Mar	Returned to the USA, via the West Indies
1800-Jul-22	Left Baltimore, Maryland for Hampton Roads
1800-Aug-08	Left Hampton Roads for the West Indies
1800-Aug-10	Last seen off Cape Henry, Virginia
1800-Sep-20	Presumed lost with all hands in a storm in the West Indies

Date		Source

When captured, the prize crew consisted of 1st-Lt. John Rodgers, Midshipman David Porter and 11 men from the Constellation.

W012	Dictionary of American Fighting Vessels
W013	DANFS Online
B043	Our Naval War With France

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