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USS Boston
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At least seven
United States Navy ships have borne the name '''''Boston''''', in honor of the city of
Boston, Massachusetts.
* The first '''''Boston''''' was a
gondola built at
Skenesborough (present day
Whitehall),
New York, in
1776, mounting one 18 pounder (8 kg) and 2 x 12 pounder (5 kg) guns, and with a crew of 45. She took part in the
Battle of Valcour Island that delayed the British invasion and was burned to avoid capture by the British squadron, at
Buttonmold Bay, New York,
13 October 1776.
* The second
USS Boston (1776) ''Boston'' was a 24-gun
frigate, launched
1776 and active in the
American Revolutionary War until captured by the British in
1780 along with
USS Ranger and
USS Providence.
* The third
USS Boston (1799) ''Boston'' was a 28-gun
frigate that captured a French frigate in the
Quasi-War, but was burned in the
War of 1812..
* The fourth
USS Boston (1825) ''Boston'' was an 18-gun
sloop of war commissioned in
1826 and wrecked in the
Bahamas in
1846.
* The fifth
USS Boston (1884) ''Boston'' was a
protected cruiser commissioned in
1887 and took part in the
Spanish-American War.
* The sixth
USS Boston (CA-69) ''Boston'' (CA-69) was a
heavy cruiser commissioned
1943 and active in both
World War II and the
Korean War.
* The seventh
USS Boston (SSN-703) ''Boston'' (SSN-703) was a
Los Angeles class submarine ''Los Angeles''-class nuclear power nuclear attack submarine.
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