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USF Alliance (1778)

Page history last edited by Mark Gutis 14 years, 10 months ago

Alliance, 36 Guns

 

Details

Nationality United States of America
Started 1777  
Named 1778-Apr-29  
Launched 1778-Apr-28  
Shipyard Salisbury MA  
Constructor William and James K Hackett  
Rate Frigate  
In Service 1778-Apr-28  
Out Service 1785-Aug-01  
Fate Sold  

 

 

Dimensions

Gun Deck Keel Beam Depth Draught Burthen Displacement Source
151'   36' 12' 6"     900 tons  

 

Armament

Date Crew Guns Gundeck Quarterdeck Forecastle B/S Weight Source
1778 300 36 28 x 12pdr 6 x 9pdr 2 x 9pdr    

 

Commanders

Date From Date to Name Source
1778-Apr-28 1779-Oct Pierre Landais  
1779-Oct-3 1780-Jun-12 John Paul Jones  
1780-Jun-12 1780-Aug-11 Pierre Landais  
1780-Jun-11 1780-Aug-19 James A Degge  
1780-Sep-19 1783-Jul John Barry  

 

Officers

Date From Date To Rank/Position Name Source
1778 1780-Aug First Lieutenant James A Degge  
1779   First Lieutenant Richard Dale Military History of Richard Dale
1783-Aug-21 1784-Oct First Lieutenant Alexander Murray Continental Navy, "Alliance" (Frigate)
1778 1793 Second Lieeutenant John Bulkley Ancestry.ca
    Marine Captain Matthew Parke The Paper of Robert Morris, 1781-1784
1778-Aug-24 1783-May-1 Marine Lieutenant Thomas Ellwood Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, Sons of the Revolution. New York Society
    Midshipman James B. Stafford Official Register of Officers and Men of New Jersey
    Midshipman David Abeel Official Register of Officers and Men of New Jersey

Officers

Date From

Date To

Rank/Position

Name

Source

1792-Dec-7

 1783-May Surgeon Nathan Dorsey Continental Navy, "Alliance" (Frigate)
    Purser Samuel Cooper The Paper of Robert Morris, 1781-1784

CrewCrew

Date From Date To Rank/Position Name Source
      Ebenezer Brown A Revolutionary War Privateer Journal
      Thomas Chase A Revolutionary War Privateer Journal
1780     Gustavus Conygham http://www.trussel.com/hf/conyng.htm
    Mariner Oram Darby Official Register of Officers and Men of New Jersey
    Seaman Thomas English Official Register of Officers and Men of New Jersey
1781-Mar-12 1893-Jul Sailmaker Thomas Giles

The Symmes Memorial
      Kirtland Griffing A Revolutionary War Privateer Journal
      Daniel Knight A Revolutionary War Privateer Journal
      Robert McKnight Patriots of the American Revolution
1778   Marine Sergeant William Murray A Naval History of the American Revolution 
      Jacob Nuter A Revolutionary War Privateer Journal
    Gunner Benjamin Pierce A Revolutionary War Privateer Journal
1778   Master-at-Arms John Savage A Naval History of the American Revolution  
      John Simson A Revolutionary War Privateer Journal
    Cook Robert Stewart Official Register of Officers and Men of New Jersey

 

 

Service record

1779-Jan-14 Left Boston for Brest
1779-Feb-06 Reached Brest haviong supressed a mutiny by 38 members of the crew
1779-Jun-19 Left France as part of a squadron commanded by Commodore John Paul Jones
  In collision with the Bonhomme Richard
1779-Aug-24 Pierre Landais came aboard the Bonhomme Richard and addressed the Commodore in "the most gross and insulting terms"
1779-Aug-26 Parted company with the squadron
1779-Aug Captured the privateer Betsy
1779-Sep-01 Rejoined the squadron
1779-Oct-03 Arrived at Texel in company with the prize Serapis and the rest of the squadron
1779-Oct John Paul Jones dismissed Pierre Landais
1779-Dec-27 Left Texel and avoided British blockade
1780-Jan-16 Corrunna for stores and careening
1780-Jan-27 Left Corrunna
1780-Feb-10 Arrived at Groix Roads
1780-Feb-19 Moved into L'Orient harbour
1780-Jun-12 Pierre Landais resumed command while John Paul Jones was absent in Paris
1780-Jun-20 Alliance blockaded by French, released at the request of John Paul Jones
1780-Aug-11 Pierre Landais forcible removed from command as insane, 1st Lieutenant James A. Degge taking command
1780-Aug-19 Arrived at Boston
1780 Trials of Landais and Lt Degge resulted both men being dismissed from the service
1781-Feb-11 Left Nantasket Roads carrying the French envoy Colonel John Laurens
1781-Feb-16 Damaged in ice fields
1781-Mar-04 Took the privateer Alert and released a merchantman Buono Campagnia
1781-Mar-09 Arrived in Groix Roads
1781-Mar-29 Left for home escorting the Marquis De Lafayette carrying arms and uniforms
1781-Apr-02 Took two privateer brigs, Mars and Minerva
1781-May-17 Lost main topmast and main yard and damaged the foremast in a tempest
1781-Jun-06 Arrived in Boston
1781-Dec-24 Left Boston carrying Lafayette to France
1782-Jan-17 Arrived off L'Orient
1782-Mar-16 Left France after an uneventful cruise
1782-May-13 Arrived at New London, Conn
1782-Aug-04 Left for Sea
1782-Aug-04 Retook a Rhode Island Brig Adventure
1782-Aug-10 captured the schooner Polly
1782-May-25 retook the Fortune, a Connecticut sloop
1782-Sep Took the Somerset, a Nantucket whaler
1782-Oct-17 Arrived at groix Roads with an additional five small prizes
1783-Mar-20 Arrived at Newport, Rhode Island
1783-Jun-20 Struck a rock attempting ot put to sea, later forced to put into the Delaware taking on water
1785-Aug-01 Sold in Philadelphia to John Coburn and a partner named Whitehead

 

Actions & Battles

Date   Source
1779-Sep-23 Battle of Flamborough Head  
1781-May-22 Action against the sloops Atalanta and Trepassey
1783-Mar-07 Action against the Frigate Sybil

 

Notes

Launched as Hancock

A scanned copy of the 1781 paybook can be found at http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Independence%20Seaport%20Museum/Barry-Hayes/Series%20I%20John%20Barry/SeriesIJohnBarry-00042.xml

 

Sources

 

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