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Casualty Info
Home Town Falmouth
Last Address US Navy in the Atlantic.
Buried in Tripoli, Libya- remembered in the Eastern Cemetery at Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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Galley:
Built in 1776 at Skenesborough, N.Y. by order of of Brigadier General Benedict Arnold, as of the fleet intended to impede British advance southward on Lake Champlain
Congress joined Arnold's fleet,n 6 October 1776, serving flagship during the battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, fought on 11-13 October 1776
Congress suffered extensive damage to her hull, mast, and yards at the hands of the vastly superior British force
Arnold's fleet, hopeful of further delaying the enemy as well as escaping to Crown Point, slipped through the British line under cover of darkness, 12 October
Overtaken the following day at Split Rock, Congress was so shattered that Arnold was obliged to run her ashore and set the ship ablaze
Specifications:
Displacement 123 t.
Length 71' 4"
Beam 19' 7"
Depth of Hold 6' 2"
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement 80
Armament
four 6-pdrs
two 12-pdrs two 18-pdrs
Propulsion oar and sail
