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The first ''John Adams'' was originally built as a frigate in 1799, converted to a corvette in 1809 and later converted back to a frigate in 1830 for use in the United States Navy. Named for President John Adams, she fought in the Quasi-War, the First and Second Barbary Wars, the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. This frigate should not be confused with the frigate . ''John Adams'' was built for the United States by the people of Charleston, South Carolina, under contract to Paul Pritchard and launched in the latter's shipyard some from Charleston 5 June 1799. The new frigate, Captain George Cross in command, sailed on or about 1 October for Cayenne, French Guiana, to operate against French privateers based at that port. Before she arrived at Cayenne, the British had captured Surinam making the French base in Guiana unsafe for privateers and prompting Captain Cross to sail on to Guadeloupe to join her squadron. ==Quasi-War== Early in January 1800, she began operations against the French, taking an unidentified lugger off San Juan, Puerto Rico and recapturing brig ''Dolphin''. She then retook the brigs ''Hannibal'' on 22 March and ''Atlantic'' the next day, both prizes of the French privateer ''President Tout''. The French privateer schooner ''Jason'' surrendered to her 3 April, and in May she retook schooners ''Dispatch'' and ''William''. Sometime in the late spring or summer she recaptured the American brig ''Olive'', and on 13 June she took French schooner ''Decade''. These victories punctuated and highlighted the day-to-day duty of patrolling the West Indies. She continued to protect American shipping through the late summer and fall. ''John Adams'' was dispatched to the United States 5 December escorting a convoy. She was placed in ordinary in Charleston in mid-January 1801, and in late June she sailed to Washington, D.C. where she was laid up. The remarkable success of the frigate was representative of the new Navy which her namesake, President John Adams, had called into being to protect the growing and vital commerce of the young nation. As the Quasi-War with France drew to a close, President Adams could report on the Navy to Congress: "The present Navy of the United States, called suddenly into existence by a great national emergency, has raised us in our own esteem; and by the protection afforded to our commerce has effected to the extent of our expectations the objects for which it was created." 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 John Adams (1799)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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