Bennington (CVA 20) - Naval Cruise Book

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i I During the Revolutionary War, General Bur goyne, who was advancing south from Can- ada, committed thetactical error of out- marching his supply teams. As he neared Sara- toga, he detached a force of Hessians under Lt. C ol. Braun to capture the supplies, muni- tions and horses held by the Revolutionaries at,,aq,,nearby supply depot in Vermont. This force was met and decisively defeated by a brigade of New Hampshire Militiamen led by Col. John Stark,a victory which contributed to Burgoyne's ultimate defeat at Saratoga. The time was mid-August 1777, the battleground was Bennington, Vermont . . .

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U.S.S. BENNINGTON . . . ln its first tribute to this victory, the Navy assigned the name BENNINGTON to a 1,700-ton gunboat. Commissioned in 1891, the vessel was built as a three-masted steam schooner and was armed with six guns. During the Spanish-American War, the gunboat took formal possession of Wake lsland on January 17, 1899. The boat then cruised in Philippine waters assisting the U.S. Army in supressing the lnsurrection. The first BENNINGTON was decommissioned after the Spanish-Amer- ican War on January 3, 1901, but two years later on March 2, 1903, she was recommis- sioned. On July 21, 1905, a boiler exploded on the vessel, killing 66 men outright and leaving only 12 out of a crew of 208 men not iniured. The gunboat was then decommissioned on August 17, 1905, and sold to a firm in Hawaii.