(Colonial privateer, 16 guns, 1778) Contemporary rigged model, scale 3/8"-1. Model photographed circa 1957. This model possibly represents the vessel commanded by Capt. Stephen Decatur, SR. or the Fair American from Capt. Nicholas Biddle's Squadron which was captured after the action with HMS YARMOUTH in March 1778.
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