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DANFS Online: Ships of the Line
Individual Histories - Listed Alphabetically
ALABAMA
AMERICA
CHIPPEWA
COLUMBUS
DELAWARE
FRANKLIN
INDEPENDENCE
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW ORLEANS
NEW YORK
NORTH CAROLINA
OHIO
PENNSYLVANIA
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON

Appendix IV of Volume IV: Ships of the Line
Page
Part I: Historical narrative on development 562
Part II: Authorizing acts in chronological order, followed by individual ship historical sketches
An Act of 20 November 1776 566
America 567
Act of 25 February 1799 (ships not built) 572
Act of 2 January 1813 573
Independence 568
Washington 578
Franklin 580
Columbus (construction delayed, again authorized by act of 29 April 1816, q.v.) 582
Act of 3 March 1813 581
New Orleans 581
Chippewa 581
Act of 29 April 1816 585
Columbus 582
Ohio 586
Delaware 590
North Carolina 592
Pennsylvania 596
Vermont 597
Alabama (renamed New Hampshire, later renamed Granite State) 598
New York 600
Virginia 600
North Carolina class--hull dimensions 602

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