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This is a list of sailing
This is a list of sailing frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
s of the United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
. Frigates were the backbone of the early Navy, although the list shows that many suffered unfortunate fates.
The sailing frigates of the United States built from 1797 on were unique in that their framing was made of American live oak
Live oak or evergreen oak is any of a number of oaks in several different sections of the genus ''Quercus'' that share the characteristic of evergreen foliage. These oaks are not more closely related to each other than they are to other oaks.
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, a particularly hardy genus that made very resilient hulls; as a result of this, the ships were known to withstand damage that would have scuppered frigates of other nations. American frigates were also very heavily armed; the USN's 44s carried 24-pound cannon as opposed to the 18-pounders usual in frigates, and like most ships of the period carried more than their nominal rate, 56 guns or more. On the other hand, the USN classed ships with 20 to 26 guns as "third-class frigates", whereas the Royal Navy did not.
Continental Navy
Congress authorized 3 frigates of 18, 13 frigates of 12 ( 5 of 32, 5 of 28 and 3 of 24)United States Navy
:Ten additional ships of the ''Potomac'' class were appropriated, but never built.See also
*List of sloops of war of the United States Navy
This is a list of sloops of war of the United States Navy.
Sailing sloops of war
*, scuttled 3 September 1814 to prevent capture
*, lost after 28–29 September 1854 with approx. 197 aboard
*, captured 14 December 1814
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*, wrecked 15 Novem ...
*Bibliography of early United States naval history
Historical accounts for early U.S. naval history now occur across the spectrum of two and more centuries. This Bibliography lends itself primarily to reliable sources covering early U.S. naval history beginning around the American Revolution per ...
*Continental Navy
The Continental Navy was the navy of the United States during the American Revolutionary War and was founded October 13, 1775. The fleet cumulatively became relatively substantial through the efforts of the Continental Navy's patron John Adams ...
* Pages that link to this list
References
* Chapelle, Howard Irving. ''The History of the American Sailing Navy; The Ships and Their Development.'' New York: Norton, 1949. * Retrieved from "List of sloops of war of the United States Navy
This is a list of sloops of war of the United States Navy.
Sailing sloops of war
*, scuttled 3 September 1814 to prevent capture
*, lost after 28–29 September 1854 with approx. 197 aboard
*, captured 14 December 1814
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*, wrecked 15 Novem ...
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