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New Hampshire Privateer Ship White Oak |
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| White Oak | Commander Eliphalet Ladd |
| Armed Ship | 26 February 1777- |
| New Hampshire Privateer Ship |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 26 February 1777 |
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| Owners: | Eliphalet Ladd, Jedediah Jewett, and Thomas Osgood, all of Exeter, New Hampshire |
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| Battery: | Date Reported: 26 February 1777 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 6/ Total: 6 cannon/ Broadside: 3 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 26 February 1777: 16 [total] |
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Comments:
New Hampshire Privateer Ship White Oak was commissioned under Commander Eliphalet Ladd, of Exeter, New Hampshire, on 26 February 1777.1 White Oak was listed as armed with six guns and having a crew of fifteen men2 (or eleven men).3 Her bond for $4,000 was executed by all three owners.4
1 NRAR, 492; NDAR, “List of Bonds for New Hampshire Privateers,” XI, 220; Emmons, 168
2 NRAR, 492
3 Claghorn, Naval Officers of the American Revolution, 177
4 NRAR, 492
| Posted 10 April 2011 |
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