![]() On 17 December 1799 she was presented to the United States Navy and accepted by Captain Edward Preble. ![]() Essex was armed with mostly short-range carronades that could not hope to match the range of 18- and 24-pounder naval guns. The frigate was built by Enos Briggs, Salem, Massachusetts, at a cost of $139,362 subscribed by the people of Salem and Essex County, to a design by James Hackett. The British captured her in 1814 and she then served as HMS Essex until sold at public auction on 6 June 1837. The first USS Essex of the United States Navy was a 36-gun or 32-gun sailing frigate that participated in the Quasi-War with France, the First Barbary War, and in the War of 1812. Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades.For other ships with the same name, see USS Essex and HMS Essex.Ĥ0 × 32-pounder carronades + 6 × 12-pounder guns
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