USS Insurgent: Difference between revisions

|Ship country= United States

|Ship decommissioned=

The US Navy considered ''Insurgent'' a prize in the [[Quasi-War]] with France. The frigate was taken to the [[West Indies]] and refitted for service in the young American navy. She cruised under Lt. John Rodgers in company with ''Constellation'' until May 1799. On 17 April, 1799 she and [[USS Constellation (1797)| USS ''Constellation'']] captured French letter of marque schooner ''Diligente'' off [[Basse-Terre]], [[Guadeloupe]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/nd_quasiwar_v03p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume 3 Part 1 of 4 Naval Operations April 1799 to July 1799, April, 1799 Pg. 62 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=2 April 2024}}</ref> Ordered back to the United States, ''Insurgent'' was purchased by the Navy for $84,500. Commissioned with Captain [[Alexander Murray (1755-1821)|Alexander Murray]] in command, ''Insurgent'' sailed from [[Hampton Roads]] for Europe and the Caribbean on 14 August 1799. She arrived at [[Lisbon, Portugal]] on 13 September, She departed on 17 September with HMS {{HMS|Phaeton|1782|2}} for the Straits of Gibraltar. She arrived at Cadiz, Spain on 23 Sept., and was off Algeciras 24-28. Proceeded on to Cape Spartel, Madieras, Tenerife, and on to Cayanne, Surinam and Barbados.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/nd_quasiwar_v04p02.pdf |title=Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume Part 2 of 3 Naval Operations August 1799 to December 1799, October to November Pg. 373-374 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=24 May 2024}}</ref> On 14 November she recaptured British brig "Margaret" captured the day before by a French privateer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/nd_quasiwar_v04p02.pdf |title=Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume Part 2 of 3 Naval Operations August 1799 to December 1799, October to November Pg. 394 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=24 May 2024}}</ref> On 20 November she and USS {{USS|Adams|1799|2}} off Guadeloupe recaptured schooner "Nancy", captured on 18 November by a French privateer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/nd_quasiwar_v04p02.pdf |title=Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume Part 2 of 3 Naval Operations August 1799 to December 1799, October to November Pg. 422 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=27 May 2024}}</ref> On 10 December she was off St. Pierre.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/nd_quasiwar_v04p03.pdf |title=Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume Part 3 of 3 Naval Operations August 1799 to December 1799, December Pg. 515 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=31 May 2024}}</ref> On 28 December she recaptured merchantman "Commerce" that had been captured by a french privateer off Antigua earlier in the day.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/nd_quasiwar_v04p03.pdf |title=Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume Part 3 of 3 Naval Operations August 1799 to December 1799, December Pg. 575-576 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=4 June 2024}}</ref> On 22 or 23 January, 1800 she recaptured schooner "Aurora".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/nd_quasiwar_v05p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume Part 1 of 4 Naval Operations January to May, 1800, Front Matter January Pg. 117 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=6 June 2024}}</ref> On 5 February while sailing to Jamaica she came across dismasted {{USS|Constellation|1797|6}}, heavily damaged in a battle with French heavy frigate {{ship|French frigate|La Vengeance||2}}, limping to Jamaica. She escorted her to Jamaica. She then proceeded to head for home and was 15 leagues west of Havana, Cuba on 27 February. Sometime in February she recaptured "William and Mary"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/nd_quasiwar_v05p02.pdf |title=Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume Part 2 of 4 Naval Operations January to May, 1800, February, 1800-March, 1800 Pg. 249 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=20 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/nd_quasiwar_v05p03.pdf |title=Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume Part 3 of 4 Naval Operations January to May, 1800, April 1800-May 1800 Pg. 563 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=21 July 2024}}</ref> Cruising in European waters during the winter of 1799–1800, the frigate captured the French ship ''Vendémiaire'' and recaptured the American ship ''Angora''. She arrived in the [[Patapsco River]] on 13 March, 1800 after being damaged in rough weather off [[Cape Hatteras]].<ref>[[#DANFS,USN|U.S.Navy, DANFS, ''Insurgent'']] prgh.2</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/nd_quasiwar_v05p02.pdf |title=Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume Part 2 of 4 Naval Operations January to May, 1800, February, 1800-March, 1800 Pg. 300-302 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=27 June 2024}}</ref>