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Massachusetts Privateer Sloop American |
| American | Commander John Atwood |
| Armed Sloop | 3 May 1777- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Sloop |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 3 May 1777 |
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| Owners: | Stephen Sampson of Plymouth, Massachusetts et al |
| Tonnage: | 75 |
| Battery: | Date Reported: 3 May 1777 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 10/ Total: 10 cannon/ Broadside: 5 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 3 May 1777: 56 [total] |
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The 75-ton1 Massachusetts Privateer Sloop American was commissioned on 3 May 1777 under Commander John Atwood of Eastham, Massachusetts. She was listed as being armed with ten guns and as having a crew of fifty-five men. Her $5000 Continental bond was signed by Atwood and by Stephen Sampson of Plymouth, Massachusetts and Samuel Allyne Otis of Boston, Massachusetts. The owners were listed as Sampson and others.2
1 Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 9
2 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 72