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 I am Eric and this is my article about the //**U.S.S Alfred**//.



The Ship
According to the US Navy, //Alfred// was a "shipped-rigged vessel" originally name the "Black Prince". It was built in Philadelphia in 1774 and was originally launched as a merchant ship. However, whenever the americans recieved word that 2 British ships carrying gun powder and arms were sailing to America, Congress authorized a Continental Navy(consisting of 4 American ships) to capture the ships. the Naval Commitee, which included John Adams, bought the Black Prince and renamed //Alfred// it 4 days later. it was then refitted as a man-of-war. However, in March 1778 while attempting to flee from British warships in Barbados, it was captured, refitted again, and sold to the Royal Navy as a twenty-gun armed ship. It was sold again in 1782.