USS Intrepid (1798)
The first USS Intrepid was a captured ketch in the United States Navy during the First Barbary War.
A copy of an engraving of the destruction of the fire ship Intrepid | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Intrepid |
| Cost | $1,800 purchased |
| Launched | 1798 |
| Acquired | by capture, 23 December 1803 |
| Fate | Destroyed in action, 4 September 1804 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Bomb ketch, used as an Explosion ship |
| Tonnage | 64 |
| Length | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Beam | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 70 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 4 guns |
Intrepid was built in France in 1798 for Napoleon's Egyptian expedition. The vessel was sold to Tripoli, which she served as Mastico. The bomb ketch was one of several Tripolitan vessels which captured Philadelphia on 31 October 1803 after the American frigate had run fast aground on uncharted Kaliusa reef some five miles (8 km) east of Tripoli.
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