&sq=&lang=&file=File:Columbia_Winter_Quarters.png) Launch of the Adventure with Fort Defiance and Columbia in background. Painting by George Davidson, who served as an artist on the Columbia
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| History | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Betsy_Ross_flag.svg){kind=small} United States | |
| Name | Adventure |
| Laid down | 1791 |
| Launched |
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| Fate | Sold to Spain |
| Notes | First US ship built in the Pacific NW |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_Spain_(1785%E2%80%931873,_1875%E2%80%931931).svg){kind=small} Spain | |
| Name | Orcacitas |
| Acquired | 1792 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | sloop |
| Tons burthen | 45 (bm) |
| Length | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Propulsion | sail |
| Complement | 12 |
Adventure was built by the crew of Captain Robert Gray on his second voyage in the maritime fur trade to the Northwest Coast of North America. The 45-ton sloop was built to allow the trading venture to access smaller inlets the Columbia could not reach. At the end of his second voyage Gray sold the ship to the Spanish Navy. It was renamed Orcacitas (also spelled Orcasitas or Horcasitas) and served the Naval Department of San Blas for some years.