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USC Wasp (1775)

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Wasp, 8 gun Schooner

Details

Nationality	United States of America
Authorised
Laid Down
Named
Launched
Purchased	1775-Dec
Shipyard
Designer
Constructor
Outfitter	Wharton and Humphreys
Supplier
Decks	1
Rate	Schooner
In Service	1775-Dec
Out Service	1777
Fate	Burnt

Dimensions

Gun Deck	Keel	Beam	Depth	Draught	Burthen	Displacement	Source
74' 10"		24' 8"			189

Armament

Date	Crew	Guns	Deck	B/S Weight	Source
1775		8	8 x 2, 6 x Swivel	8

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Name	Source
1775-Dec		William Hallock

Officers

Date From	Date To	Rank/Position	Name	Source

Service record

1776-Jan-14	Left Baltimore on company with Hornet escorting a convoy
1776-Feb-13	Joined Commodore Esek Hopkins flotilla in the Delaware Capes
1776-Feb-17	Left as part of the American Flotilla
1776-Mar-01	The flotilla arrived in the Bahamas
1776-Mar-17	The flotilla left for New England, the Wasp sailing independatly
1776-Apr-04	Arrived in Philapelphia
1776-Oct	Took the Leghorn Galley
1776-Dec	Took the Two Brothers and an unarmed sloop
1776-Dec	Recaptured Success which had been taken prize by Roebuck
1777	Service in the vicinity of the Delaware
1777	Run aground and burnt

Actions & Battles

Date

Source

Notes

Sources

W012	Dictionary of American Fighting Vessels
W013	DANFS Online

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