| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Trumbull |
| Builder | John Cotton, Chatham, Connecticut |
| Laid down | March or April 1776 |
| Launched | 5 September 1776 |
| Commissioned | 1779 |
| Fate | Captured, 28 August 1781 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Frigate |
| Tons burthen | 700 tons |
| Complement | 200 |
| Armament |
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| Service record | |
| Commanders: | Capt. James Nicholson |
The second Trumbull was a three-masted, wooden-hulled sailing frigate and was one of the first of 13 frigates authorized by the Continental Congress on 13 of December 1775. They were superior in design and construction to the same class of European vessels in their day.[1] Its keel was laid down in March or April 1776 at Chatham, Connecticut, by John Cotton and was launched on 5 September 1776.[2]
- ^ Maclay, 1894 p.585
- ^ U.S.Navy, DANFS, Trumbull prgh.6