USS United States was a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy and the first of the six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794.

2022年4月29日 · However, the American Navy had been disbanded after the Revolution and the American merchant fleet sailed unprotected from the late 1780s to the 1790s. Sweeping the Mediterranean and capturing vessels were the Barbary corsairs, privateers working for the North African states of Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, and Morocco.

The United States Congress authorized the original six frigates of the United States Navy with the Naval Act of 1794 on March 27, 1794, at a total cost of $688,888.82 (equivalent to $18.1 million in 2023). These ships were built during the formative years of the United States Navy, on the recommendation of designer Joshua Humphreys for a fleet of frigates powerful enough to …

2016年2月22日 · The first United States, one of six frigates authorized by Congress on 27 March 1794, was designed by naval architect Joshua Humphreys and Capt. Thomas Truxtun; was built at Philadelphia; was...

2024年5月6日 · Frigate United States was commissioned on 11 July 1797 with American Revolution hero Captain John Barry in command. The ship was one of six frigates authorized by Congress with passage of the...

USS United States was the first of the original six frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794. Designed to be the crux of the fledgling Navy, Joshua Humphreys designed United States and her sister ships to be larger and more heavily armed than standard frigates of …

USS United States was a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy and the first of the six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794.

USS United States, a 1576-ton sailing frigate, was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as one of the first warships of the new United States Navy. Commissioned in July 1797, she cruised vigorously during the 1798-1800 Quasi-War with France, taking several prizes.

2018年10月19日 · USS United States, originally known simply as "Frigate A", was classified as a "First Class Frigate" or "heavy Frigate" and formed a potent addition to the USN fleet - she was officially named "United States" by none other than U.S. President George Washington.

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