Chesapeake (Frigate)

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Dates:
Active 1807
Active 1809

Biographical notes:

38-gun sailing frigate of the U.S. Navy; launched 2 Dec. 1799 by Gosport Navy Yard (Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Va.), and commissioned early in the following year, Capt. James Barron in command.

From the description of Journal of the frigate Chesapeake, 1807 May 9-27. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 183192798

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Subjects:

  • Seafaring life
  • Ship's papers
  • Voyages and travels
  • Warships

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  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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