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USS Boston
At least seven
United States Navy
ships have borne the name
Boston
, in honor of the city of
Boston, Massachusetts
.
The first
Boston
was a
gondola[?]
built at
Skenesborough[?]
(present day
Whitehall
),
New York
, in
1776
, mounting one 18-pounder and 2 12-pounder guns, and with a crew of 45. She took part in the
Battle of Lake Champlain[?]
that delayed the British invasion and was burned to avoid capture by the British squadron, at
Buttonmold Bay[?]
, New York,
13 October
1776.
The second
Boston
was a 24-gun
frigate
, launched
1776
and active in the
American Revolution
until captured by the British in
1780
.
The third
Boston
was a 28-gun
frigate
that captured a French frigate in the
Quasi-War
, but was burned in the
War of 1812
..
The fourth
Boston
was an 18-gun
sloop of war[?]
commissioned in
1826
and wrecked in the
Bahamas
in
1846
.
The fifth
Boston
was a
protected cruiser
commissioned in
1887
and took part in the
Spanish-American War
.
The sixth
Boston
(CA-69)
was a
heavy cruiser
commissioned
1943
and active in both
World War II
and the
Korean War
.
The seventh
Boston
(SSN-703)[?]
is a
Los Angeles
-class
nuclear
attack submarine
.
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