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USC Ranger (1777)

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Ranger, 18 Gun Sloop

Details

Nationality	United States of America
Authorised
Laid Down
Named
Launched	1777-May-10
Purchased
Shipyard	Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Designer
Constructor	James K Hackett
Outfitter
Supplier
Decks	1
Rate	Sloop of War
In Service	1777
Out Service	1780-May-11
Fate	Captured
Subsequently	Halifax	B037

Dimensions

Gun Deck	Keel	Beam	Depth	Draught	Burthen	Displacement	Source
116' 0"		28' 0"	13' 6"			308	W012

Armament

Date	Crew	Guns	Deck	B/S Weight	Source
1777	140	18	18 x 6	54	W012

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Name	Source
1777-Jun-14	1778-Jul	John Paul Jones
1778-Jul-27	1780-May-11	Thomas Simpson

Officers

Date From	Date To	Rank/Position	Name	Source
		First Lieutenant	Thomas Simpson	B055
		Second Lieutenant	Elijah Hall	B055
1775	1778-Apr-24	Third Lieutenant	Samuel Wallingford	B055
		Acting Master	Nathan Sargent	B055
		Surgeon	Ezra Green	B055
		Boatswain	John Calvin Robinson	B055
		Gunner	James M Falls	B055
		Midshipman	J Pierce Powers	B055
		Midshipman	Arthur Green	B055
		Midshipman	James Meserve	B055
		Midshipman	Nathaniel Fanning	B055
		Midshipman	Charles Hill	B055

Service record

1777	Originally called Hampshire
1777-Nov-01	Left for France carrying dispatches
1777	Took two British prizes on the voyage to France
1777-Dec-02	Arrived at Nantes
1778-Feb-18	Received the first official salute of the American Flag from the French fleet in Quiberon Bay
1778-Apr-10	Left Brest
1778-Apr-14	Took a prize near the Scilly Isles
1778-Apr-17	Took a prize which was sent to France
1778-Apr-23	Raided the town of Whitehaven spiking some guns in the fort and burning ships
1778-Apr-24	Action with and took prize Drake (20), Lieutenant Samuel Wallingford and two crew were killed
1778-Aug-21	Left Brest
1778-Oct-15	Arrived at Portsmouth, New Hampshire
1779-Feb-24	Left Portsmouht and joined the Queen of France and the Warren in the North Atlantic
1779-Apr	Seven prizes were taken and brought into port
1779-Jun-18	Left port in company with the Queen of France and the Providence. Eight prizes were sent into Boston
1779-Nov-23	Left port
1779-Dec-23	Arrived in Charleston
1780-Jan-24	In company with Providence took three prizes near Tybee, Georgia
1780-May-11	Captured in the Cooper River when Charleston fell to the British

Actions & Battles

Date		Source
1778-Apr-24	Action with Drake (20)

Notes

Sources

W012	Dictionary of American Fighting Vessels
W013	DANFS Online
B037	A Naval History of the American Revolution (2 volumes)
B055	Paul Jones Founder of the American Navy	Augustus C Buell

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