USS Providence (1775)

History
United States
Name
  • Katy (pre-1775)
  • USS Providence (1775–1779)
BuilderJohn Brown of Providence, Rhode Island[1]
Cost$1250
Launchedabout 1768
AcquiredBy Rhode Island, 15 June 1775
CommissionedInto Continental Navy, 3 December 1775
FateDestroyed by her crew, 14 August 1779
General characteristics
TypeSloop
Length~65 feet
Beam20 feet
Sail planjib, flying jib, staysail, square sail, and fore-and-aft mainsail
Complement6 officers, 22 seamen, 26 Marines
Armament12 × 4-pounder guns and 14 × railside swivel guns
Service record
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Operations:

USS Providence was a sloop-of-war in the Continental Navy, originally chartered by the Rhode Island General Assembly as Katy. The ship took part in a number of campaigns during the first half of the American Revolutionary War before being destroyed by her own crew in 1779 to prevent her falling into the hands of the British after the failed Penobscot Expedition.

  1. ^ Rathbun, Frank H. "Rathbun's Raid on Nassau". United States Naval Institute Proceedings. November 1970. pp. 40–47.