USS Active (1779)
For other ships with the same name, see USS Active.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name: | Active |
| Builder: | Marshfield, Massachusetts |
| Launched: | July 1779 |
| Captured: | 23 March 1782 |
| Fate: | Condemned as a prize and sold |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Packet |
| Tons burthen: | 60 |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Sail plan: | Brigantine |
| Complement: | 15 |
USS Active, a brigantine-rigged packet built at Marshfield, Massachusetts, on the orders of the Continental Congress, was launched in July 1779.[1]
Service history
Under the command of Captain Corbin Barnes, Active made voyages to Bilbao, Spain, in 1780 and to Nantes, France, in 1781. On 23 March 1782, while sailing from Philadelphia to Havana, Cuba, she encountered the British man-of-war HMS Proserpine and was captured. The British warship took her into Jamaica where she was condemned as a prize and sold.[1]
Notes
- Citations
- 1 2 DANFS 2016.
Bibliography
- Online sources
- "Active I (Brigantine)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
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