Adams	Commander George Shokely
Armed Sloop	12 November 1776-
Rhode Island Privateer Sloop

Commissioned/First Date:	12 November 1776
Out of Service/Cause:	30 July 1777/transferred to Connecticut service

Owners:

Jeremiah Platt [Samuel Broome of Wethersfield, Connecticut, John Broome of Hartford, Connecticut, Andrew Roland of Fairfield, Connecticut, and Jeremiah Platt of Hartford]

Tonnage:

98

Battery:

Date Reported: 30 July 1777 Number/Caliber  Weight        Broadside 10/4-pounder     40 pounds   20 pounds   4/3-pounder     12 pounds     6 pounds Total: 14 cannon/52 pounds Broadside: 7 cannon/26 pounds Swivels:

Crew:

30 July 1777: 81 [total]

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Comments:

Rhode Island Privateer¹ Sloop² Adams was commissioned on 12 November 1776 under Commander George Shokely. Her owner was listed as Jeremiah Platt.³ In her Connecticut application of 30 July 1777 she was described as measuring 98 tons, armed with ten 4-pounders and four 3-pounders, and with a crew of eighty men.⁴ [See also Connecticut Privateer Sloop Adams]

¹ Sheffield, An Address Delivered by William P. Sheffield before the Rhode Island Historical Society, 60

² NDAR, “Request for Commission for Connecticut Privateer Sloop Adams,” IX, 352; “List of Bonds for Connecticut Letters of Marque,” X, 529-530

³ Sheffield, An Address Delivered by William P. Sheffield before the Rhode Island Historical Society, 60

⁴ NDAR, “Request for Commission for Connecticut Privateer Sloop Adams,” IX, 352

Revised 22 November 2008

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