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Bulloch History with Roger Allen - Augusta ships have a long military history
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Roger Allen
The first two naval ships the Augusta were British: the first, a "Fourth rate" armed with 60 guns; and the second, a "Third rate" double-decked warship armed with 64 guns. The first warship the U.S.S. Augusta was a 14-gun Brig built in Pennsylvania in 1799. In 1800 she captured three French schooners.
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