US Warships from the Revolution to 1941

Sailing Warships

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Alfred
Type: 24 Gun Ship, 1775
Date: 1775
View: Port quarter
Photo ID: 19-N-9977; Painting by Harry W. Carpenter
Notes: ex-Black Prince (merchant)
[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Bonhomme Richard
Type: 40 Gun Frigate, 1779
Date: 1779
View: Starboard side
Photo ID: 19-N-7873; Artist unknown
Notes: ex-Duc de Duras (merchant)
[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Model of Bonhomme Richard
Type: 40 Gun Frigate, 1779
Date: 1779
View: Starboard side
Photo ID: 19-N-9509
Notes: ex-Duc de Duras (merchant)
[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Bonhomme Richard
Type: 40 Gun Frigate, 1779
Date: 23 September 1779
View: Capture of HMS Serapis
Photo ID: 19-N-12013; Painting by James Hamilton
Notes: ex-Duc de Duras (merchant)
[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Constellation
Type: 38 Gun Frigate, 1798
Date: 9 February 1799
View: Capture of HMS L'Insurgente
Photo ID: 64-CN-12348; Drawing by William Bainbridge Hoff

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Constitution
Type: 44 Gun Frigate, 1798
Date: circa 1798
View: Starboard bow
Photo ID: 19-N-13770; Artwork by Marshall Johnson
Notes: Constitution is preserved at Boston.
[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Sailplan of Constitution
Type: 44 Gun Frigate, 1798
Date: circa 1798
View: Sailplan, starboard side
Photo ID: 19-N-9982; Artist unknown
Notes: Constitution is preserved at Boston.
[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Constitution
Type: 44 Gun Frigate, 1798
Date: 19 August 1912
View: Capture of HMS Guerriere
Photo ID: 19-N-11845; Artwork by Thomas Birch
Notes: Constitution is preserved at Boston.
[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Constitution
Type: 44 Gun Frigate, 1798
Date: 1931
View: Port side, under tow
Photo ID: 19-A-5A-383
Notes: Constitution is preserved at Boston.
[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Constitution
Type: 44 Gun Frigate, 1798
Date: 21 July 1997
View: Port side, under sail
Notes: This photo is not part of the original NARA archive.
[THUMBNAIL] Ship: United States
Type: 44 Gun Frigate, 1798
Date: 25 October 1812
View: Capture of HMS Macedonian
Photo ID: 19-N-9945; Engraving from artwork by Alonzo Chappel
Notes: United States was a sistership to Constitution
[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Enterprise
Type: 12 Gun Schooner, 1799
Date: 1 August 1801
View: Capture of Tripolitan ship Tripoli
Photo ID: 19-N-9945; Drawing by William Bainbridge Hoff
Notes:
[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Philadelphia
Type: 38 Gun Frigate, 1800
Date: 31 October 1931
View: Capture by Tripolitans following grounding
Photo ID: 19-N-13264; Etching by Josephn F. Sabin from drawing by William Bainbridge Hoff
Notes: Philadelphia was later burned by US forces.
[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Essex
Type: 32 Gun Frigate, 1800
Date: circa 1800
View: Port side
Photo ID: 19-N-13279; Artist unknown

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Wasp
Type: 18 Gun Sloop-of-War, 1806
Date: 18 October 1812
View: Capture of HMS Frolic
Photo ID: 148-GW-488; Engraving by F. Kearny from sketch by Lt. Claxton, USS Wasp

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Erie
Type: 18 Gun Sloop-of-War, 1814
Date: circa 1814
View: Starboard side
Photo ID: 19-N-13044; Artist unknown

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Independence
Type: 74 Ship of the Line, 1815
Date: circa 1815
View: Starboard side
Photo ID: 19-N-3164; Artist unknown

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Sailplan of Independence
Type: 74 Gun Ship of the Line, 1815
Date: circa 1815
View: Sailplan, starboard side
Photo ID: 19-N-16377; Artist unknown

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Columbus
Type: 74 Gun Ship of the Line, 1819
Date: 19 July 1846
View: Departure from Tokyo Bay
Photo ID: 19-N-6789; Drawing from sketches by John Easterly

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Hudson
Type: Frigate, 1826
Date: circa 1826
View: Port side
Photo ID: 19-N-13265; Engraving by W. I. Bennet
Notes: ex-Liberator (Greek)
[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Pennsylvania
Type: 132 Gun Ship of the Line, 1837
Date: circa 1837
View: Port side
Photo ID: 19-N-14609; Lithograph by N. Currier
Notes: Pennsylvania never became operational.
[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Somers
Type: 10 Gun Brig, 1841
Date: 1842
View: Starboard side
Photo ID: 19-N-11508; Artist unknown

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Constellation
Type: 22 Gun Sloop-of-War, 1855
Date: 1926
View: Starboard side
Photo ID: 19-N-13558
Notes: Constellation is preserved at Baltimore.

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