APPENDIX C

A LIST OF ARMED VESSELS IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION[666]

PRINCIPAL FLEET OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

Rig. Name. No. of guns. Period of Service.
1 ship Alfred 24 1775-1778
2 ship Columbus 20 1775-1778
3 brig Andrew Doria 14 1775-1777
4 brig Cabot 14 1775-1777
5 sloop Providence 14 1775-1779
6 sloop Hornet 10 1775-1777
7 schooner Wasp 8 1775-1777
8 schooner Fly 8 1775-1777
9 brig Lexington 16 1776-1777
10 brig Reprisal 16 1776-1777
11 brig Hampden 14 1776-1777
12 sloop Independence 10 1776-1778
13 sloop Sachem 10 1776-1777
14 sloop Mosquito 4 1776-1777
15 frigate Raleigh 32 1777-1778
16 frigate Hancock 32 1777
17 frigate Warren 32 1777-1779
18 frigate Washington 32 1777-1778
19 frigate Randolph 32 1777-1778
20 frigate Providence 28 1777-1780
21 frigate Trumbull 28 1777-1781
22 frigate Congress 28 1777
23 frigate Virginia 28 1777-1778
24 frigate Effingham 28 1777-1778
25 frigate Boston 24 1777-1780
26 frigate Montgomery 24 1777
27 frigate Delaware 24 1777
28 ship Ranger 18 1777-1780
29 brigantine Resistance 10 1777-1778
30 sloop Surprise — 1777
31 frigate Alliance 32 1778-1785
32 ship General Gates 18 1778-1779
33 brigantine Retaliation — 1778
34 galley Pigot 8 1778
35 frigate Confederacy 32 1779-1781
36 sloop Argo 12 1779
37 brig Diligent 12 1779
38 ship Saratoga 18 1780-1781
39 ship of the line America 74 1782
40 ship Washington 20 1782-1784
41 ship Duc de Lauzun 20 1782-1783
42 frigate Bourbon 36 1783
FLEET FITTED OUT IN FRANCE
1 ship Bon Homme Richard 42 1779
2 ship Indian 40 1777
3 frigate Deane or Hague 32 1777-1783
4 frigate Queen of France 28 1777-1780
5 ship Pallas 30 1779
6 ship Ariel 20 1780-1781
7 cutter Cerf 18 1779
8 cutter Revenge 14 1777-1779
9 brig Vengeance 12 1779
10 cutter Dolphin 10 1777
11 lugger Surprise 10 1777
POLLOCK’S FLEET
1 ship Morris 24 1778-1779
2 sloop West Florida — 1779-1780
3 schooner —— — 1779
WASHINGTON’S FLEET
1 schooner Hannah — 1775
2 schooner Lynch — 1775-1776
3 schooner Franklin — 1775-1776
4 schooner Lee 4 1775-1776
5 schooner Harrison — 1775-1776
6 schooner Warren — 1775-1776
7 brigantine Washington 10 1775-1776
8 schooner Hancock — 1776
9 sloop Gen’l Schuyler — 1776
10 sloop Gen’l Mifflin — 1776
11 galley Lady Washington — 1776-1777
ARNOLD’S FLEET[667]
1 sloop Enterprise 12 1776
2 schooner Royal Savage 12 1776
3 schooner Revenge 8 1776
4 schooner Liberty 8 1776
5 gondola New Haven 3 1776
6 gondola Providence 3 1776
7 gondola Boston 3 1776
8 gondola Spitfire 3 1776
9 gondola Philadelphia 3 1776
10 gondola Connecticut 3 1776
11 gondola Jersey 3 1776
12 gondola New York 3 1776
13 galley Lee 6 1776
14 galley Trumbull 8 1776
15 galley Congress 8 1776
16 galley Washington 8 1776
17 galley Gates 8 1776

FOOTNOTES:

[666] The term “Period of Service” is used in a somewhat general sense. The dates are close approximations. Among the vessels used by the Naval Department as packets, merchantmen, or scout-ships are the following: “Despatch,” “Georgia Packet,” “Phœnix,” “Mercury,” “Baltimore,” “Enterprise,” and “Fame.”

[667] Several of Arnold’s vessels were employed on the Lakes in 1775.