USS Hornet (1805 sloop)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Hornet.
The second USS Hornet, was a single-masted, wooden-hulled sailing sloop-of-war of the United States Navy [Notes 1] that saw service in the First Barbary War in the Mediterranean Sea along the shores of North Africa. The ship was formerly the merchant ship Traveller of Massachusetts and was purchased at Malta by the U.S. Navy to join in the American blockade at Tripoli.[1]
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United States | |
Name | USS Hornet |
Namesake | Hornet |
Acquired | April 1805 |
Commissioned | April 1805 |
Decommissioned | 3 September 1806 |
Fate | Sold |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 71 tons |
Complement | 34 |
Armament | 10 guns |
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