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  2. Original six frigates of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    The Chesapeake was the only one of the six frigates to be disowned by Humphreys due to liberties taken by her Master Constructor Josiah Fox during construction relating to overall dimensions. [78] The frigate that became Chesapeake was originally planned as a 44-gun ship, but when her construction began in 1798 Josiah Fox altered the original ...

  3. USS Chesapeake (1799) - Wikipedia

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    During construction, a sloop named Chesapeake was launched on 20 June 1799 but was renamed Patapsco between 10 October and 14 November, apparently to free up the name Chesapeake for "Frigate D". [21] In communications between Fox and Stoddert, Fox repeatedly referred to her as Congress , further confusing matters, until he was informed by ...

  4. USS Chesapeake (FFG-64) - Wikipedia

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    USS Chesapeake (FFG-64) will be the third Constellation-class guided-missile frigate. [1] The sixth ship in the United States Navy bearing this name, [ 4 ] she will be built by Marinette Marine , a subsidiary of Fincantieri , with an expected completion date of August 2028. [ 5 ]

  5. Chesapeake Bay Flotilla - Wikipedia

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    The Chesapeake Bay Flotilla was a motley collection of barges and gunboats that the United States assembled under the command of Joshua Barney, an 1812 privateer captain, to stall British attacks in the Chesapeake Bay which came to be known as the "Chesapeake campaign" during the War of 1812.

  6. Battle of Cape Henry - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Cape Henry was a naval battle in the American War of Independence which took place near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay on 16 March 1781 between a British squadron led by Vice Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot and a French fleet under Admiral Charles René Dominique Sochet, Chevalier Destouches.

  7. HMS Shannon (1806) - Wikipedia

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    HMS Shannon was a 38-gun Leda-class frigate of the Royal Navy.She was launched in 1806 and served in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812.She won a noteworthy naval victory on 1 June 1813, during the latter conflict, when she captured the United States Navy frigate USS Chesapeake in a bloody battle.

  8. Battle of the Chesapeake - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Navy's loss of 15 warships with 9 severely damaged crucially affected the balance of the American Revolutionary War, especially during Battle of Chesapeake Bay. An outnumbered British Navy losing to the French proved decisive in Washington's Siege of Yorktown, forcing Cornwallis to surrender and effectively securing independence for ...

  9. Six Frigates - Wikipedia

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    Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy is a book by Ian W. Toll, which was published by Norton in 2006. The book is a history of the original six frigates of the U.S. Navy . Awards