Boston (CA 69) - Naval Cruise Book

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THIR THE THIRD BOSTON WAS A REAL FIGHTING SHIP OF HER DAY! Growing commerce needed con- fidence and surety while on the high seas. Big, fast fighters were needed to Combat the Barbary pirates and the marauding privateers of Revolution- torn France. Born of necessity, this third Bos- ton was financed by Boston mer- chants at a cost of Sll9,57O. Built at the Continental Shipyards in North Boston, she inaugurated .a new Naval era. Prior to her building, copper for shipbuilding had been imported from England. Her construction broke away from this practice, as she was sheath- ed and fastened from the first Amer- ican-made copper to be used in ship- building. In fact, Paul Revere, the famous American patriot, is credited with manufacturing the copper used in this Boston .

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time A SLOOP-OF-WAR WAS NUMBER ' FOUR This fourth Boston was launched in 1825, and Went into service a few months later. Carrying 18 guns, her displacement totaled 700 tons. A va- riety of assignments took her to many lands. The waters ot Brazil saw her colors, as did those of the Mediter- ranean, and the Indies . . . both West and East. In 1843 she returned to the Brazilian station, where her career ended prematurely after almost three years of patrol work. On November 15, 1846, while cruising off Eleuthera in the West Indies, a sudden squall so badly crippled her that she foundered at sea.