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} |} The first USS ''Essex'' of the United States Navy was a 36-gun 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Historic Sites and Museums: National Museum of the United States Navy )〕 or 32-gun sailing frigate that participated in the Quasi-War with France, the First Barbary War, and in the War of 1812. The British captured her in 1814 and she then served as HMS ''Essex'' until sold at public auction on 6 June 1837. ==Service history== The frigate was built by Enos Briggs, Salem, Massachusetts, at a cost of $139,362 subscribed by the people of Salem and Essex County, to a design by William Hackett. ''Essex'' was armed with mostly short range carronades that could not hope to match the range of 18 and 24 pounder naval guns. She was launched on 30 September 1799. On 17 December 1799 she was presented to the United States Navy and accepted by Captain Edward Preble. With the United States involved in naval action against France on 6 January 1800, ''Essex'', under the command of Captain Preble, departed Newport, Rhode Island, in company with to rendezvous with a convoy of merchant ships returning from Batavia, Dutch East Indies. Shortly after commencement of her journey, ''Essex'' became the first US Naval Ship to cross the Equator. ''Congress'' was dismasted only a few days out, and ''Essex'' was obliged to continue her voyage alone, making her mark as the first US man-of-war to double the Cape of Good Hope, both in March and in August 1800 prior to successfully completing her convoy mission in November. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Essex (1799)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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