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USC Ranger (1777)
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Ranger, 18 Gun Sloop
Gun Deck | Keel | Beam | Depth | Draught | Burthen | Displacement | Source | 116' 0" | | 28' 0" | 13' 6" | | | 308 | W012 |
Date | Crew | Guns | Deck | B/S Weight | Source | 1777 | 140 | 18 | 18 x 6 | 54 | W012 |
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 |
Date | | Source | 1778-Apr-24 | Action with Drake (20) | |
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