USS Lexington (1776)

USS Lexington by F. Muller
History
United States
Name	USS Lexington
Acquired	1776
Fate	Captured by the British, 19 September 1777
General characteristics
Type	Brig
Length	86 ft (26 m)
Beam	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Complement	110 officers and men
Armament	14 × 4-pounder guns 2 × 6-pounder guns 12 × swivels
Service record
Commanders:	Capt. John Barry Capt. William Hallock Capt. Henry Johnson
Operations:	Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet

The first USS Lexington of the Thirteen Colonies was a brig purchased in 1776. The Lexington was an 86-foot two-mast wartime sailing ship for the fledgling Continental Navy of the Colonists during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783).