America	Commander Anthony Shoemaker
Sloop-of-War	8 September 1779-
Massachusetts Privateer Ship

Commissioned/First Date:	8 September 1779
Out of Service/Cause:	1779/captured by the British

Owners:

Samuel Broome et al of Boston, Massachusetts

Tonnage:

140

Battery:

Date Reported: 8 September 1779 Number/Caliber  Weight        Broadside 14/ Total: 14 cannon/ Broadside: 7 cannon/ Swivels:

Crew:

8 September 1779: 41 [total]

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The 140-ton¹ Massachusetts Privateer Ship America was commissioned on 8 September 1779 under Commander Anthony Shoemaker of Boston, Massachusetts. She was listed as being armed with fourteen guns and as having a crew of forty men. Her $10000 Continental bond and £4000 Massachusetts bond were signed by Shoemaker and by Samuel Broome and Joseph Head of Boston. Her owners were listed as Samuel Broome and others of Boston.²

America was captured by the British in 1779. The High Court of Admiralty records note that she was a re-capture, formerly being the British ship Nancy.³

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¹ Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 279

² Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 72

³  HCA 32/266/24/1-12