USS Retaliation (1798)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Retaliation.
History
French Navy JackFrance
NameCroyable
BuilderBaltimore, Maryland
Launchedc.1790s
FateCaptured 7 July 1798
United States
NameUSS Retaliation
Acquiredby purchase, 30 July 1798
Captured20 November 1798
FateTaken into French service[1]
French Navy JackFrance
NameMagicienne
Acquired20 November 1798
Captured28 June 1799
United States
NameUSS Retaliation
Acquired28 June 1799 by capture
FateSold, 29 November 1799
General characteristics [2]
Tons burthen100 or 107 (bm)
Sail planSchooner
Complement
  • Privateer & U.S. Navy 70 men[3]
  • US Service: 76 or 87 officers and enlisted
Armament
  • Privateer: 12–14 guns
  • US service: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 10 × 4-pounder guns, or 14x6 pounders[4]
  • French service: 12 or 14 × 6-pounder guns

USS Retaliation was the French privateer Croyable, built in Maryland, that then operated out of Santo Domingo. Delaware captured her on 7 July 1798 off New Jersey. She then served in the United States Navy during Quasi-War with France. Two French frigates recaptured her on 20 November 1798. The French Navy took her into service as Magicienne. However, Merrimack captured her on 28 June 1799. She served in the US Navy in the Caribbean briefly, before arriving in Philadelphia in August. She was paid off (decommissioned) there and sold on 29 November.

  1. ^ Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France (PDF). Vol. VII Part 1 of 4: Naval Operations December 1800-December 1801, December 1800-March 1801. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 370. Retrieved 1 October 2024 – via Ibiblio.
  2. ^ Winfield and Roberts (2015), p.247.
  3. ^ Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France (PDF). Vol. VII Part 1 of 4: Naval Operations December 1800-December 1801, December 1800-March 1801. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 370. Retrieved 1 October 2024 – via Ibiblio.
  4. ^ Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France (PDF). Vol. VII Part 1 of 4: Naval Operations December 1800-December 1801, December 1800-March 1801. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 370. Retrieved 1 October 2024 – via Ibiblio.