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Lexington (I)

Brigantine:

Built, date and location unknown

Launched, date unknown

Brigantine Wild Duck purchased in February 1776 at St. Eustatius, Dutch West Indies for the Maryland Committee of Safety

Purchased by the Marine Committee, 13 March 1776, renamed Lexington

Lexington put to sea, 26 March, CAPT. John Barry in command

Defeated sloop HMS Edward, 27 March 1776

Captured Lady Susan, 27 July 1776

Took sloop Betsy in September

Lexington, CAPT. William Hallock in command, was captured by British frigate HMS Pearl

20 December 1776, Lexington's crew recaptured the ship from the British prize crew and returned safely to Baltimore

Lexington, CAPT. Henry Johnson, in command sailed for France 20 February 1777

Lexington along with Reprisal and Dolphin participated in the action to capture British ships in and around Ireland, 18 to 26 June 1777

Lexington was captured by the British cutter HMS Alert 19 September 1777, off the coast of France

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 86'
Beam 24' 6"
Depth unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement 110

Armament

fourteen 4-pdrs

twelve swivel guns

Propulsion sail

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	332k	LT. John Paul Jones presides as the Continental Ensign is hoisted aboard *Lexington*, 4 July 1776. "History of the US Navy", by James M. Morris, page 19.	Tommy Trampp
098631106	335k	Painting by F. Muller, circa 1900, depicting the raising of the Continental Ensign on board the brig *Lexington, commanded by John Barry, 1776. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # KN-457*	Robert Hurst
	174k	Panting by William Nowland Van Powell of *Lexington* and *Reprisal*. Courtesy the US Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C.	Tommy Trampp
	39k	Painting by William Nowland Van Powell of *Lexington* battling HMS Edward. Courtesy the US Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C.	Tommy Trampp
	183k	Painting of *Lexington* bing captured by the British cutter HMS Alert 19 September 1777, off the coast of France. "History of the US Navy", by James M. Morris, courtesy the National Maritime Museum, United Kingdom.	Tommy Trampp

USS Lexington (I)
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