American Fifth Rate frigate 'Effingham' (1776)

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Effingham
Nominal Guns	28	ref:740
Nationality	United States of America
Operator	Continental Navy
Ordered	13.12.1775	ref:740
Keel Laid Down	1776	ref:740
Launched	7.11.1776	ref:740
First Commissioned	1777	ref:740
How acquired	Purpose built	ref:740
Shipyard	Philadelphia - Pennsylvania	ref:740
Designed by	Joshua HumphreysAmerican Designer Ship Builder Service 1751	ref:740
Constructor	Joseph GriceAmerican Ship Builder	ref:740
Category	Fifth Rate	ref:740
Ship Type	Frigate	ref:740
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	ref:740
Scuttled	2.11.1777	ref:740

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
6.6.1776 - 2.11.1777CaptainDANFS

Service History

DateEventSource
9.1777The incomplete ship was moved from Philadelphia up the Delaware Riverref:76
25.10.1777George Washington asked for the crew for use in the fleetref:76
2.11.1777Scuttled near Bordentown, New Jerseyref:76
9.5.1778Burnt to the waterline by British troopsref:76

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

DANFSUnknown, Web Site

ref:740Paul H. Silverstone, Book

ref:76Gardner Weld Allen, Digital Book

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