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USS Patapsco (I)

Sloop:
  • Built as the sloop Chesapeake, date and location unknown, by CAPT. De Rochbruns
  • Launched, 20 June 1799
  • Renamed Patapsco between 10 October and 14 November 1799
  • Commanded by CAPT. Henry Geddes, she escorted brig Acteon to New Orleans, carrying General James Wilkenson and his staff
  • Patapsco cruised in the West Indies, protecting American shipping from French cruisers and privateers
  • She captured schooner Cecilia after a five-hour chase 28 May 1800
  • 7 August, she captured French letter of marque Dorade
  • Patapsco aided Merrimack in capturing Curacao after the French had taken it from the Netherlands
  • Sold at Philadelphia in June 1801
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 380 t.
    Length 87'
    Beam 29'
    Depth of Hold 12'
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement 180
    Armament 20 guns
    Propulsion sail
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    Namesake
    Patapsco - The Patapsco River mainstem is a 39-mile-long river in central Maryland which flows into the Chesapeake Bay. The river's tidal portion forms the harbor for the city of Baltimore. With its South Branch, the Patapsco forms the northern border of Howard County, Maryland. The name "Patapsco" is derived from the Algonquian pota-psk-ut, which translates to "backwater" or "tide covered with froth. (Wikipedia)
    Photo - Patapsco river, Patapsco Valley State Park, Catonsville, Baltimore, Maryland, 2004. ©Fritz Geller-Grimm
    Map - Patapsco River Watershed. ©Karl Musser    		 Tommy Trampp
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