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Article: SHIP WENT THROUGH THE MILL, BECAME IT UNLUCKY FRIGATE- TURNED-FLOUR MILL MAY HAVE HAPPY ENDING AT LAST.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- September 17, 1999
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Byline: ALAN FLANDERS, CORRESPONDENT
One of the ``unluckiest'' ships in the history of the U.S. Navy has to be oneof its first warships, the Chesapeake, launched in Gosport Shipyard on the Elizabeth River in 1799. Only one captain who commanded her, Isaac Hull, ever went to sea again, and the Navy has been reluctant to name a ship after her ever since.
But her fate may now just be turning around - on the other side of the ocean.
The Chesapeake was one of six original wooden frigates designed by Josiah Fox to form the backbone of a newly organized United States Navy. Under the supervision of Boston's master shipbuilder, John T. Morgan, a group ...