NationMaster - Encyclopedia: USS Philadelphia (1799)

Career

Laid down:	14 November 1798
Launched:	28 November 1799
Commissioned:	5 April 1800
Fate:	captured 1803, then burned 1804.
General Characteristics
Displacement:	1,240 tons
Length:	130 ft (40 m)
Beam:	39 ft (11.9 m)
Depth:	13.5 ft (4.1 m)
Complement:	307 officers and men
Armament:	36 x 18 pounder (8 kg) guns

The second USS Philadelphia of the United States Navy was a 36 gun sailing frigate. Engraving of the USS Philadelphia. ... Image File history File links US_Naval_Jack. ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... 1800 (MDCCC) was an common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. ... Sailing frigates were 4th, 5th, or 6th-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ...

Originally named City of Philadelphia, she was built from 1798–1799 for the United States government by the citizens of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was designed by Josiah Fox and built by Samuel Humphreys, Nathaniel Hutton, and John Delavue. Her carved work was done by William Rush of Philadelphia. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia Founded Incorporated October 27, 1682 October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 369. ... Samuel Humphreys (23 November 1778-16 August 1846) was a noted US naval architect in the early 1800s. ... William Rush (1756 - 1833) was a U.S. sculptor. ...

Philadelphia was laid down about 14 November 1798, launched 28 November 1799; and commissioned 5 April 1800, Captain Stephen Decatur, Sr., in command. Putting to sea for duty in the West Indies to serve in the Quasi-War with France, she arrived on the Guadaloupe Station in May 1800 and relieved frigate Constellation. During this cruise she captured five French armed vessels and recaptured six merchant ships which had fallen into French hands. November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... 1800 (MDCCC) was an common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Stephen Decatur, Sr. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... The Quasi-War was an undeclared war fought entirely at sea between the United States and France from 1798 to 1801. ... Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean Sea, is an archipelago with a total area of 1,704 km² located in the Eastern Caribbean. ... The first USS Constellation, a 38-gun frigate, was the first ship to be commissioned in the United States Navy; the first US Navy vessel to put to sea; and the first US Navy vessel to engage, defeat, and capture an enemy vessel. ...

Returning home in March 1801, Philadelphia was ordered to prepare for a year's cruise in the Mediterranean as part of a squadron commanded by Commodore Richard Hale. At his own request, Decatur was relieved of the command of Philadelphia by Captain Samuel Barron. The squadron, with Commodore Hale in frigate President, arrived Gibraltar 1 July. Philadelphia was directed to cruise the Straits and blockade the coast of Tripoli, the Bashaw having threatened to make war on the United States (the First Barbary War). 19th century Commodore stripes 20th century Commodore insignia Commodore is a rank of the United States Navy with a somewhat complicated history. ... Samuel Barron (November 28, 1809-February 26, 1888) was a United States, and later Confederate naval officer, acting as a representitive in Europe for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. ... Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS President, after the office of the President of the United States. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... Tripoli Tripoli (Arabic: Ø·Ø±Ø§Ø¨Ù„Ø³ TarÄbulus) is the capital city of Libya. ... Burning of the frigate Philadelphia in the harbor of Tripoli, February 16, 1804, by Edward Moran, painted 1897, depicts a naval action of the First Barbary War. ...

Philadelphia departed Gibraltar en route to the United States 11 May 1802, arriving in mid-July. In ordinary until 21 May 1803, when she recommissioned, she again sailed for the Mediterranean on July 28. She arrived Gibraltar on August 24, Captain William Bainbridge in command, and two days later recaptured the American brig Celia from the Moroccan ship-of-war Mirboka, 24 guns and 100 men, and brought them both into Gibraltar. May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... --69. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... William Bainbridge (1774-1833). ... In sailing, a brig is a vessel with two masts at least one of which is square rigged. ...

Burning of the frigate Philadelphia in the harbor of Tripoli, February 16, 1804, by Edward Moran, painted 1897.

She cruised off Tripoli until 31 October 1803, when she ran aground on an uncharted reef off Tripoli harbor. All efforts to refloat her under fire from shore batteries and Tripolitan gunboats failed, and she surrendered to the enemy; her officers and men were made slaves of the Pasha. Burning of the USS Philadelphia (painting) Copied from public domain archive of the US Navy at http://www. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... He painted some pictures, including one of The Barbary War. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... A reef surrounding an islet. ... A gunboat is literally a boat carrying one or more guns. ...

Philadelphia was boarded 16 February 1804 and burned where she lay in Tripoli Harbor with her guns pointed outward, by a volunteer party of officers and men under Lieutentant Stephen Decatur, Jr. (son of the ship's first captain), in the ketch Intrepid. Horatio Nelson, himself known as a man of action and bravery, is said to have called this "the most bold and daring act of the age." February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Stephen Decatur, Jr. ... Square Topsl Gaff Ketch Hawaiian Chieftain on San Francisco Bay A ketch is a sailing craft with two masts: A main mast, and a mizzen mast abaft the main mast. ... The first USS Intrepid was a captured ketch in the United States Navy during the First Barbary War. ... Lord Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (September 29, 1758 – October 21, 1805) was a British admiral who won fame as a leading naval commander. ...

Her anchor was returned to the United States on 7 April 1871, when the pasha presented it to the captain of the visiting Guerriere. April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Pasha (or pascha, bashaw; Turkish: paÅŸa; originally from Persian padshah or padeshah meaning king) was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors and generals. ... The second USS Guerriere was a sloop in the United States Navy. ...

See USS Philadelphia for other Navy ships of the same name. Six ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Philadelphia, after the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS for short) is the primary reference work for the basic facts about every ship ever used by the United States Navy. ...

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