Boston (CAG 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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U. S. S. BOSTON--1799 A second BOSTON, of the gondola type, also served in the American Revo-- lution carrying a crew of 45 and mounting .three guns . T She distinguished her- self on Lake Champlain in apitched battle against British twelve and fourteen gun schooners. The BOSTON and her three sister ships stood to- her guns and faced the-F storm of enemy fire Hunflinchingly, refusing to giveiup though badly beaten. t A The third ship to bear the name was a fast fighter built to combat both the Barbary- pirates and the marauding privateers of Revblution-torn France. She was launched in 1799 in the presence of President John Adams, wi th her basic mission being to protect American commerce. Her record during this period was remarkable as Ashe engaged numerous enemy vessels and was credited with the defeat or capture of such ships as the FLYING FISH , a Danish brig, the British schooner, WEYMOUTH and the French Corvette, 'YLE BERCEAUH.

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4-U. S. S. BGSTON-1883 After a tour of Mediterranean duty off the coast of Tripoli, this grand. ship re turned to Washington, D. C. for de commissioning whe re she was summarily destroyed to prevent her capture by the Britishin their attack M on that city during the War of 1812, y by 8 The fifth BOSTON beganher career in 1888 on prote ctive duty about Guate - gp p mala and Haiti. g With the outbreak of the Spanish-Ame rican War she became a unit inn' the famous fleet of Admiral Dewey, taking part in the action which destroyed the Spanish, fleet at Manila Bay. From here she went to patrol duty during the course' of which she was on hand to assist at the disastrous San Francisco fire. Today with her fighting and even sailing days definitely ended, this proud ship con- tinues to serve as the USS DESPATCH, Receiving Ship at Yuerba Buena Island, San Francisco, California. 8 a From this proud lineage came the sixth USS BOSTON which took to the water on -Tull' 30, 1943. The second ship of the Baltimore class of heavy cruisers, She was built for SPSCCI, Hlaneuve rability and tremendous fire power and Was commissioned CA-69 , Following a shakedown cruise to Trinidad and Venezuela, the USS BOSBTONJ set ou and t in November of 1943 to fulfill the job for which she was designed b ' '-- . ' uilt the defeat of this country's enemy in the Pacific. y