USS Active (1779)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Active.

USS Active, a brigantine-rigged packet built at Marshfield, Massachusetts, on the orders of the Continental Congress, was launched in July 1779.

History
United States
Name	Active
Builder	Marshfield, Massachusetts
Launched	July 1779
Captured	23 March 1782
Fate	Condemned as a prize and sold
General characteristics
Class and type	Packet
Tons burthen	60
Propulsion	Sail
Sail plan	Brigantine
Complement	15

Service history

Under the command of Captain Corbin Barnes, Active made voyages to Bilbao, Spain, in 1780 and to Nantes, France, in 1781. On 23 March 1782, while sailing from Philadelphia to Havana, Cuba, she encountered the British man-of-war HMS Proserpine and was captured. The British warship took her into Jamaica where she was condemned as a prize and sold.

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Online sources

• "Active I (Brigantine)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.