America	Commander William Coffin
Frigate	12 October 1780-February 1781
Massachusetts Privateer Ship

Commissioned/First Date:	12 October 1780
Out of Service/Cause:	February 1781/captured by the British

Owners:

John Coffin Jones et al of Boston, Massachusetts

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Date Reported: 12 October 1780 Number/Caliber  Weight        Broadside 20/ Total: 20 cannon/ Broadside: 10 cannon/ Swivels:

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12 October 1780: 101 [total]

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Massachusetts Privateer Ship America was commissioned under Commander William Coffin of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Her bonders, in the sum of $20000 were Coffin, her owner, John Coffin Jones of Boston, Massachusetts, and David Cutler of Newburyport. She was listed as having a battery of twenty guns and a crew of 100 men.¹ America was captured by the British in February 1781.²

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¹ NRAR, 224. Also listed in Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 72

² Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 65