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On the successful completion of the War of Independence, the American navy was disbanded, and it was not until the late 1790s that a regular naval force was reconstituted. Provoked by the need to protect American merchant shipping from the belligerent European nations and the piratical Barbary powers, Congress decided on a programme of frigate building, which included the 32-gun frigate Essex. Designed by William Hackett, Essex was a typical medium frigate of her time. Working from both US and British sources, the author ...

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The 32-Gun Frigate Essex 2005, US Naval Institute Press

ISBN-13: 9781844860135

Revised edition

Hardcover

The 32-Gun Frigate Essex 1990, Phoenix Publications (WI)

ISBN-13: 9780961502164

Hardcover