USRC Scammel or sometimes referred to as Scammel II was a revenue cutter built in 1798 to serve in the Quasi-War with France. After completion she was transferred to the U.S. Navy and served in the West Indies naval squadron commanded by Commodore John Barry. While in Revenue-Marine service her captain was John Adams. In a letter dated 20 May, 1799 Navy Secretary Benjamin Stoddert notified the Treasury Secretary that he should consider her to be officially transferred to the U.S. Navy.[3] In U.S. Navy service her first captain was Lieutenant Mark Fernald.[4] She assisted the sloop USS Portsmouth in the surrender of the French navy ship Hussar August 20-22, 1799.[5] Arrived in New York late September, 1799.[6] She was ordered to St. Kitts on 16 October, 1799.[7] After the war, the Navy retained Scammel until it was sold in 1801.[2]
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Scammel or Scammel II |
| Namesake | Alexander Scammell, Adjutant General of the Continental Army[1] |
| Owner |
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| Builder | James Hackett, Badger's Island, Kittery, Maine[2] (then a part of New Hampshire) |
| Launched | 11 August 1798 |
| Fate | Sold 20 June 1801 at Baltimore, Maryland |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | double topsail schooner |
| Displacement | 132 tons |
| Length | 58 feet (keel), 75 feet (deck) |
| Beam | 20 feet (mean) |
| Draft | 9 feet |
| Complement | 65–70 men |
| Armament | 14 4–6 pounders |
References
edit- ^ "Cutters & Craft History Index" (asp). Scammel (1798). U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ a b Canney, Donald L. (1995). U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-55750-101-1.
- ^ "Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume 3 Part 2 of 4 Naval Operations April 1799 to July 1799, May, 1799 Pg. 220" (PDF). U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume 3 Part 2 of 4 Naval Operations April 1799 to July 1799, June, 1799 Pg. 366" (PDF). U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume Part 1 of 3 Naval Operations August 1799 to December 1799 August to September Pg. 66-67" (PDF). U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume Part 1 of 3 Naval Operations August 1799 to December 1799 August to September Pg. 240" (PDF). U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "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. 286" (PDF). U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio. Retrieved 23 May 2024.