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The first USS ''Porpoise'' was a topsail schooner in the United States Navy. ''Porpoise'' was built in 1820 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine. The schooners , , and were her sister ships. She first cruised in the West Indies in 1821–1823, Lieutenant James Ramage in command, hunting pirates. Cruising the West African coast in 1824–25, the schooner engaged in the suppression of the slave trade. Late in 1825 she returned to the United States and, under Commander Foxhall A. Parker, Sr., cruised off the northeast coast of the United States. ''Porpoise'' cruised the Mediterranean from 1826 until 1830 under the command of Lts. Benjamin Cooper, John H. Bell, and Thomas M. Newell successively. Returning to the West Indies in 1830, she sailed under Lts. John Percival, James Armstrong, and James McIntosh. While cruising in the West Indies in 1833 under the command of Lt. William Taylor, ''Porpoise'' was wrecked on a reef off Point Lizardo. ==References== 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 Porpoise (1820)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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