USS Bourbon
During the
American Revolutionary War,
USS Bourbon was authorized as a 28-gun
frigate by the
Continental Congress 23 January 1777 and built at Chatham, Connecticut, under the supervision of John Cotten. In October
1779 Captain Thomas Read was ordered to her command with instructions to outfit her. Due largely to a shortage of money she was not launched until
31 July 1783. In September 1783, still uncompleted, she was offered for sale.