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Uss Dolphin (1777) | align="center" colspan="2"| | | lign ="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|Career | align ="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|United States Navy Jack | | urchased: | February 1777 | | ommissioned: | | | ecommissioned: | | | ate: | Seized by British, September 1777 | | truck: | | | olspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|General Characteristics | | isplacement: | | | ength: | | | eam: | | | raught: | | | ropulsion: | | | peed: | | | ange: | | | omplement: | | | rmament: | 10 guns | | otto: | The first Dolphin was a cutter in the Continental Navy. Dolphin was purchased in February 1777 at Dover, England, and outfitted for use in the Continental Navy at Nantes, France. She was placed under the command of Lieutenant Samuel Nicholson and sailed from St. Auzeau, France 28 May 1777 with Reprisal and Lexington, in a squadron commanded by Captain Lambert Wickes in Reprisal. During a cruise off Ireland this squadron captured and sent into port eight prizes, sank seven, and released three, throwing British shipping circles into an uproar. A 74-gun British war ship gave chase to the squadron and Reprisal drew him off to enable the other ships to reach port safely. Dolphin arrived at St. Malo, France, 27 June 1777 where she was repaired and converted into a packet ship. On 19 September she put into Loire for further repairs. Owing to diplomatic protests by the British that American vessels should not be allowed to use neutral ports to prey upon British shipping, Dolphin was seized by the British. See USS Dolphin for other ships of this name. Dolphin
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