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USRC Governor Jay

Schooner:
  • Built in 1797 at New York for the Treasury Department Cutter Service
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Commissioned USRC Governor Jay, date unknown, at New York, CAPT. J.W. Leonard in command
  • By arrangement between the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Treasury, July 1798, Governor Jay was put under the direction of the Navy for use as a cruiser in the developing war with France
  • Governor Jay received orders to cruise out of New York between Cape Henry and Long Island with USS Ganges 20 July 1798
  • Governor Jay made several cruises in protection of American commerce during the undeclared war with France
  • In September she cruised with USS Retaliation, under Bainbridge, and 11 December 1798 she was ordered by the Secretary of the Navy to convoy ship America, in company with USRM General Green, to the West Indies. This accomplished, the two ships joined Captain Decatur in USS Delaware and patrolled the waters north of Cuba from Matanzas to Havana capturing French privateers and protecting merchant vessels
  • Returning to New York in May 1799, Governor Jay was determined by the Navy Department to be unfit for further service and shortly thereafter was returned to the Revenue Service.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 187 t.
    Length 58'
    Beam 20'
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement 70
    Armament fourteen guns
    Propulsion sail
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