USS Delaware (1798)

USS Delaware (1798)

The second USS "Delaware" was a ship which served in the United States Navy during Quasi-War with France.

"Delaware" was built in 1794 as the merchant ship "Hamburgh Packet" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and purchased by the Navy 5 May 1798. Captain Stephen Decatur, Sr., was appointed to command and outfit her for sea.

During the Quasi-War with France, "Delaware" cruised to protect American merchant shipping from French privateers. She guarded convoys during their approach to Philadelphia and New York, patrolled the West Indies, and escorted convoys into Havana. Her first prize, the privateer "La Croyable", was taken off Great Egg Harbor 7 July 1798. From 14 July to 23 September, she cruised in the West Indies, often in company with the frigate "United States", and together the ships took two privateers prize. During her second cruise in the West Indies, between 15 December 1798 and 20 May 1799, she took another prize, and won the thanks of the merchants of Havana for the protection she had given merchantmen sailing to that port.

"Delaware"'s return to the West Indies from July 1799 to July 1800 found her joining the Revenue Cutter "Eagle" in taking a privateer sloop. She took a brig on 29 October, after a 7-hour chase, rescuing 30 Americans held prisoner in the privateer. She made a final cruise off Cuba in the late fall and winter of 1800-1801, then returned to Baltimore, where she was sold early in June 1801.

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/d3/delaware-ii.htm


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