The Pennsylvania State Navy
The 48-ship Pennsylvania state fleet comprised a varied array of vessels.
Description | List of Ship Names |
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13 galleys. Each galley was mounted with one cannon. Ten of the galleys carried an 18-pound cannon; two carried 24 pounders; and one carried a 32-pounder. | Bulldog Burke Camden Chatan Congress Dickinson Experiment Effingham Franklin Hancock Ranger Warren Washington |
21 half galleys, or armed boats, each mounted with a four pound cannon. | Argus Baselisk Brimstone Eagle Fame Fire Brand Hawk Hornet Lion Porcupine Racehorse Repulse Resolution Salamader Terror Thunder Tormentor Viper Vulture Wasp |
1 Provincial ship carrying fourteen 18-pounders, sixteen cohorts, eight swivels | Montgomery |
1 Frigate [The Delaware had been captured by the British after an ill-advised American reconaissance foray toward Philadelphia.] | The Delaware |
2 Fire ships | Hecula Stromboli |
1 Fire brig | Volcano |
1 Fire sloop | Aetna |
1 Ammuntion sloop | Sally |
3 Accommodation sloops | Defiance Hetty Industry |
2 Sloops | Liberty Speedwell |
1 Shallop | Black Duck |
There were also two floating batteries. One carried twelve 18-pounders the other carrying ten 18-pounders.