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Massachusetts Privateer Sloop America |
| America | Commander Nathaniel Coit Webb |
| Armed Sloop | 4 December 1777- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Sloop |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 4 December 1777 |
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| Owners: | James Swan of Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 4 December 1777 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 8/ Total: 8 cannon/ Broadside: 4 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 4 December 1777: 36 [total] |
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Massachusetts Privateer Sloop America was commissioned on 4 December 1777 under Commander Nathaniel Coit Webb of Salem, Massachusetts, She was listed as being armed with eight guns and as having a crew of thirty-five men. Her $5000 Continental bond and £500 Massachusetts bond were signed by Webb and by Major James Swan and Captain Silas Atkins of Boston, Massachusetts. Her owners were listed as James Swan and others of Boston.1
1 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 71