USS Providence (1775)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name |
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| Builder | John Brown of Providence, Rhode Island |
| Cost | $1250 |
| Launched | about 1768 |
| Acquired | By Rhode Island, 15 June 1775 |
| Commissioned | Into Continental Navy, 3 December 1775 |
| Fate | Destroyed by her crew, 14 August 1779 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Sloop |
| Length | ~65 feet |
| Beam | 20 feet |
| Sail plan | jib, flying jib, staysail, square sail, and fore-and-aft mainsail |
| Complement | 6 officers, 22 seamen, 26 Marines |
| Armament | 12 × 4-pounder guns and 14 × railside swivel guns |
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USS Providence was a 12-gun sloop of the Continental Navy. Originally chartered by the Rhode Island General Assembly as Katy, she took part in a number of campaigns during the first half of the American Revolutionary War before being destroyed by her own crew in 1779 to prevent her falling into the hands of the British after the failed Penobscot Expedition.