Washington |Frigate | 32 |Built on the |Destroyed, May, 1778, in | | | Delaware, | Delaware River, to prevent | | | 1776 | capture, without getting to | | | | sea. | | | | Randolph |Frigate | 32 |Built on the |Blew up, March 17, 1778, in | | | Delaware, | action with Yarmouth, 64. | | | 1776 | | | | | Warren |Frigate | 28 |Built at |Destroyed, August, 1779, in | | | Providence, | Penobscot Bay Expedition. | | | 1776 | | | | | Providence |Frigate | 28 |Built at |Captured, May 11, 1780, on | | | Providence, | surrender of Charleston. | | | 1776 | | | | | Trumbull |Frigate | 28 |Built at |Captured, August 9, 1781, | | | Middletown, | by superior force. | | | Conn., 1776 | | | | | Congress |Frigate | 28 |Built at |Destroyed, October, 1777, in | | | Poughkeepsie,| Hudson, to prevent capture. | | | N. Y., 1776 | | | | | Virginia |Frigate | 28 |Built at |Captured, March 31, 1778, in | | | Baltimore, | Chesapeake, through | | | 1776 | grounding. | | | | Effingham |Frigate | 28 |Built on the |Destroyed, May, 1778, in the | | | Delaware, | Delaware, without getting | | | 1776 | to sea. | | | | Boston |Frigate | 24 |Built at |Captured, May 11, 1780, on | | | Newburyport, | surrender of Charleston. | | | 1776 | | | | | Montgomery |Frigate | 24 |Built at |Destroyed, October, 1777, | | | Poughkeepsie,| in Hudson, to prevent | | | N. Y., 1776 | capture; never got to sea. | | | | Delaware |Frigate | 24 |Built on the |Captured, September, 1777, at | | | Delaware, | Philadelphia, by General | | | 1776 | Howe. | | | | Ranger |Ship | 18 |Built at |Captured, May 11th, on | | | Portsmouth, | surrender of Charleston; a | | | N. H., 1777 | very successful ship.