USS Merrimack (1798)

History
United States
NameUSS Merrimack
BuilderAssociation of Newburyport Shipwrights, Newburyport, Massachusetts
Launched12 October 1798
CommissionedDecember 1798
DecommissionedApril 1801
FateSold 1801
NotesSubsequently lost as merchant ship Monticello
General characteristics
Tonnage460 or 530[1]
PropulsionSails
Complement220 officers and enlisted
Armament
  • 20 × 9-pounder guns
  • 8 × 6-pounder guns

USS Merrimack, was a ship launched by an Association of Newburyport Shipwrights and presented to the Navy in 1798. She was the first ship of the Navy to be named for the Merrimack River. She saw action in the Quasi-War.

  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. 367. Retrieved 29 September 2024 – via Ibiblio.