USS Lynch (1776)
USS Lynch was a schooner acquired as part of the Continental Navy in 1776. She served for over a year on the New England coast, interfering with British maritime trade when possible. In 1777 she was assigned dispatch boat duty and, after delivering her secret dispatches to France, set sail for the United States with French secret dispatches. The British captured her, but not before she could destroy the French dispatches.
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USS Lynch (1776)
USS Lynch was a schooner acquired as part of the Continental Navy in 1776. She served for over a year on the New England coast, interfering with British maritime trade when possible. In 1777 she was assigned dispatch boat duty and, after delivering her secret dispatches to France, set sail for the United States with French secret dispatches. The British captured her, but not before she could destroy the French dispatches.
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USS Lynch was a schooner acqui ...... destroy the French dispatches.
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date of acquirement
1776-01-26
capture date
1777-05-19
commissioning date
1776-02-01
decommissioning date
1777-05-19
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taken toPlymouth, England, 23 May 1777 by the British
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Ship acquired
1776-01-26
Ship armament
two 4-pounder guns; two 2-pounder guns; four swivel guns
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Ship complement
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Ship country
United States
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Ship laid down
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Ship name
USS Lynch
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Ship namesake
Ship ordered
by General George Washington
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Ship owner
Colonel John Lee of Marblehead, Massachusetts
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Ship propulsion
sail
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Ship tonnage
not known
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USS Lynch was a schooner acqui ...... destroy the French dispatches.
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