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USS Saratoga was a sloop in the Continental Navy. She was the first ship to honor the historic Battle of Saratoga. Having disappeared in 1781, her fate remains a mystery. Saratoga was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Wharton and Humphries. She was begun in December 1779 and launched on 10 April 1780.
Young took her to sea on 13 August 1780 and, in the course of the ship's first cruise, captured one prize before she returned to port for repairs and alterations. Subsequent cruises were more successful, as Young commanded Saratoga on three more sweeps at sea in which he took a total of eight more prizes. Young proved himself a daring and ...
USS Saratoga may refer to the following United States Navy warships: USS Saratoga (1780), an 18-gun sloop-of-war launched in 1780; lost at sea the following year; USS Saratoga (1814), a 26-gun corvette built on Lake Champlain for service in the War of 1812; USS Saratoga (1842), a 22-gun sloop-of-war; commissioned 1843; served until 1888
The dispute is about USS Scammel. I suspect it is actually USRC Scammel (1798). Please help to ensure that disputed statements are reliably sourced. See the relevant discussion on the [[Talk:List of United States Navy ships: S#USS Scammel. I suspect it is actually USRC Scammel (1798)|talk page]].
USS Sachem (1776) USS Saratoga (1780) USS Spitfire (1776) USS Spitfire (1776 gunboat) Surprise (1777 ship) T. USS Trumbull (1776 row galley) USS Trumbull (1776) V.
1780, August 10 – HMS Flora defeats the French ship Nymphe in the first engagement thought to involve the carronade. 1780, September 9 – HMS Keppel has an inconclusive, three-hour engagement with USS Saratoga; 1781, January 9 – The sloop USS Saratoga captures the letter-of-marque Tonyn
He led it to a disastrous defeat at the 1780 Battle of Camden, where he was at the forefront of a panicked retreat. [ 93 ] [ 94 ] Gates never commanded troops in the field thereafter. In response to Burgoyne's surrender, Congress declared December 18, 1777, as a national day "for solemn Thanksgiving and praise"; it was the nation's first ...
Control of Georgia was formally returned to its royal governor, James Wright, in July 1779, but the backcountry would not come under British control until after the 1780 Siege of Charleston. [82] Patriot forces recovered Augusta by siege in 1781, but Savannah remained in British hands until 1782. [83]