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NavSource Online: "Old Navy" Ship Photo Archive USS Spitfire (II) Bomb Ketch:
A merchant sloop built in Connecticut in 1803
Purchased by the Navy at Boston, MA., 25 April 1805
Commissioned USS Spitfire the same day and converted to a bomb ketch by the Boston Navy Yard, Midshipman Daniel McNeill, Jr. in command
Spitfire sailed for the Mediterranean , 23 June 1805 and reaching Gibraltar on 1 August
The bomb ketch operated in the Mediterranean supporting American operations against the Barbary powers until sailing for home on 3 June 1806
She arrived at Charleston, S.C, 19 July and was placed in ordinary at Norfolk, VA., 3 August 1806
Reactivated in July 1807, Midshipman F. Cornelius de Kroff in command
Spitfire remained at Norfolk until laid up again in December
Final Disposition, broken up at the Norfolk Navy Yard in 1820 Specifications:
Displacement 92 t.
Length unknown
Beam unknown
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement 25
Armament
one 13" mortar
two long 9-pdrs
Propulsion sail Click On Image
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