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USS Boston (III)

Frigate:

Laid down, date unknown, by Edmund Hartt at Boston, MA., with funds donated by the people of that city

Launched, 20 May 1799

Commissioned USS Boston in July 1799 sometime on or before the 24th, CAPT. George Little in command

Boston sailed for the West Indies, 24 July, 1799 taking station off Saint Dominique to search and capture French ships having numerous successes

September 1800 USS Boston sailed in search of French cruisers along the Atlantic coast then plaguing commerce

Encountered the French frigate Le Berceau taking her in a battle of broadsides, 12 October 1800

Transported the American minister to France, Mr. Livingston in October 1801

Joined the Mediterranean Squadron in December 1801, assigned to a blockade station off Tripoli

Boston returned to Washington Navy Yard, 27 October, 1802 to be laid up in ordinary

Destroyed by fire in August 1814

Specifications:
Displacement 530 t.
Length Between Perpendiculars 134'
Beam 34' 6"
Depth 11' 6"
Speed unknown
Complement 220
Armament

thirty-two guns (9 and 12-pdrs)
Propulsion sail

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
098616305	186k	Digitally remastered drawing of the frigate USS Boston (1799-1814) from Howard Chapelle's "The History of the American Sailing Navy: The Ships and Their Development". Digitally remastered, 16 November 2019 by Madcat328 (real name unknown).	Robert Hurst
	147k	Contemporary line engraving by Baugean, depicting USS Boston in the Mediterranean Sea, circa 1802 US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 56679	Tommy Trampp
	127k	USS Boston captures the French frigate *le Berceau, 12 October 1800. Line engraving after a drawing by J.O. Davidson, published in "A History of the United States Navy" by Edgar S. MacLay, New York, 1901 Edition. It depicts the height of the action, with the French frigate in the foreground. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 76555*	Tommy Trampp
	85k	USS Boston by Rodolfo Claudus, from the US Navy Art Collection	Tommy Trampp
	80k		Tommy Trampp

USS Boston (III)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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