Previous ships called Independence: Difference between revisions

The second Independence was a 10 gun [[wp:Sloop-of-war|sloop]] which served in the [[wp:American War of Independence|American War of Independence]]. Built in [[wp:Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore, MD]], she entered service in late 1776 and attempted to protect American merchant trade in the Carribean from the Royal Navy. In mid 1777, she sailed across the Atlantic to L'Orient, France. En route, she captured two vessels. She was present in Quiberon Bay in February 1778, when the [[wp:USS Ranger (1777)|Ranger]] received the first official recognition of the United States of America by a foreign power. The Independence itself exchanged salutes with the French Navy the following day. Shortly after, she sailed back for North America, but was wrecked on a sandbar on 24th April 1778 attempting to enter Okracoke Inlet, NC.