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USS Boston (1777)
The second USS ''Boston'' was a 24-gun frigate, launched 3 June 1776 by Stephen and Ralph Cross, Newburyport, Massachusetts, and completed the following year. In American service she captured a number of British vessels. The British captured ''Boston'' at the fall of Charleston, South Carolina, renamed her HMS ''Charlestown'' (or ''Charles Town''), and took her into service. She was engaged in one major fight with two French frigates, which she survived and which saved the convoy she was protecting. The British sold ''Charlestown'' in 1783, immediately after the end of the war.
==American service==
''Boston'' was commissioned under the command of Captain Hector McNeill. On 21 May 1777, ''Boston'' sailed in company with for a cruise in the North Atlantic. The two frigates captured three prizes including the 28-gun frigate (7 June). On 7–8 July, ''Boston'', ''Hancock'', and ''Fox'' engaged the British vessels HMS ''Flora'', , and . The British captured ''Hancock'' and ''Fox'', but ''Boston'' escaped to the Sheepscot River on the Maine coast. McNeill was court-martialed in June 1779 for his failure to support ''Hancock'' and was dismissed from the Navy.
During the period 15 February-31 March 1778, ''Boston'', now under the command of Samuel Tucker, carried John Adams to France, capturing one prize en route. She then cruised in European waters taking four prizes before returning to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 15 October. In 1779 she made two cruises (29 July – 6 September and 23 November – 23 December) in the North Atlantic capturing at least nine prizes. ''Boston'' then joined the squadron sent to assist in the defense of Charleston, South Carolina. There the British captured her when the town surrendered on 12 May 1780.
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