USS Confederacy

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A Revolutionary War painting depicting the Continental Navy frigate Confederacy is displayed at the Navy Art Gallery at the Washington Navy Yard.
History
United States
Name	USS Confederacy
Builder	Norwich, Connecticut
Launched	8 November 1778
Fate	Captured 14 April 1781
Great Britain
Name	Confederate
Fate	Broken up March 1782
General characteristics
Type	Frigate
Tons burthen	959, or 970+86⁄94 (bm)
Length	US:153 ft (46.6 m) British Overall:159 ft 7 in (48.6 m) Keel:133 ft 6 in (40.7 m)
Beam	US:35 ft 6 in (10.8 m) British::36 ft 9 in (11.2 m)
Depth of hold	US:12 ft 3 in (3.7 m) British: 12 ft 1 in (3.7 m)
Complement	260 officers and men
Armament	Gun deck: 28 × 12-pounder (5 kg) guns QD: 8 × 6-pounder (2.7 kg) guns Fc: 2 × 6-pounder (2.7 kg) guns
Service record
Commanders:	US Captain Seth Harding Captain Nicholson British:Captain James Cumming

USS Confederacy was a 36-gun sailing frigate of the Continental Navy in the American Revolutionary War. The British Royal Navy captured her in March 1781. The British named her Confederate but never commissioned her. She reached England in about half-a-year and was broken up in 1782.