USS Franklin (1795)
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USS Franklin (1795)
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The second USS Franklin of the United States Navy was an 8-gun brig. She was named for Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. Built at Philadelphia in 1795, she was captured by Tripolitan corsairs in 1802, and sold to the commercial agent of the Bey of Tunis. She was purchased on 27 April 1805 by Captain James Barron at Trieste. In June 1805 Franklin was ordered to Syracuse, Sicily, where she was placed in charge of Lieutenant Jacob Jones to accommodate officers seized from the frigate Philadelphia,
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Franklin_(1795)
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2023-07-25T08:34:39Z
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