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USS Retaliation (II)

Schooner:

French schooner La Croyable captured by USS Delaware, 7 July 1798, off Egg Harbor, N.J.

Purchased by the US Navy, 30 July 1798, renamed USS Retaliation, and placed her under the command of LT. William Bainbridge

Retaliation departed Norfolk, 28 October 1798 with USS Montezuma and USS Norfolk and cruised in the West Indies protecting American commerce during the Quasi-War with France

On 20 November, French frigates, L'Insurgente and Volontaire overtook Retaliation while her consorts were away on a chase and forced Bainbridge to surrender the hopelessly out-gunned schooner

Renamed Magicienne by the French, the schooner again came into American hands on 28 June, when a broadside from USS Merrimack forced her to haul down her colors

She performed convoy duty in the Caribbean before returning to Philadelphia in August

Her crew was then discharged and the schooner was sold, 29 November 1799 to Thomas and Peter Mackie

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 107 t.
Length unknown
Beam unknown
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement 76
Armament 14 guns
Propulsion sail

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