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Connecticut Privateer Boat Vermont




Vermont

Commander George Spooner

Patrol Craft

24 June 1782-

Connecticut Privateer Boat


Commissioned/First Date:

24 June 1782

Out of Service/Cause:


Owners:

Joseph Williams & Co. of Norwich, Connecticut


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Date Reported: 24 June 1782

Number/Caliber  Weight        Broadside

1/

Total: 1 cannon/

Broadside: 1 cannon/

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Crew:

24 June 1782: 13 [total]


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Connecticut Privateer Boat Vermont was commissioned on 24 June 1782 under Commander George Spooner of Norwich, Connecticut. She was listed as having one gun and twelve men in her crew. Vermont was bonded for $20,000 by Spooner, Williams, and John Porter. She was owned by Joseph Williams & Co. of Norwich.1



1 NRAR, 486; Middlebrook, Maritime Connecticut During the Revolution, II, 240


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