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Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Rattlesnake |
| Rattlesnake | Commander Thomas Johnson |
| Schooner | 6 September 1779- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Schooner |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 6 September 1779 |
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| Owners: | John Wait of Marblehead, Massachusetts |
| Tonnage: | 50 |
| Battery: | Date Reported: 6 September 1779 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 8/ Total: 8 cannon/ Broadside: 4 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 6 September 1779: 41 [total] |
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Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Rattlesnake was commissioned on 6 September 1779 under Commander Thomas Johnson, presumably of Marblehead, Massachusetts. She was listed as having a battery of eight guns and a crew of forty men, and as measuring 50 tons. Her petition was presented by John Wait of Marblehead.1
1 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 251
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