. . . . . "not known"@en . . "1777-05-19"^^ . . . . . "taken toPlymouth, England, 23 May 1777 by the British" . . "USS Lynch"@en . . . "8450"^^ . . . . "not known"@en . . . . . . "by General George Washington"@en . ""@en . . . . . . . . . . "1083393114"^^ . . . "sail"@en . . . . . . . . . "1777-05-19"^^ . "not known"@en . . . . . . . "USS Lynch (1776)"@en . . "United States"@en . . "USS Lynch was a schooner acquired as part of the Continental Navy in 1776. She served for over a year on the New England coast, interfering with British maritime trade when possible. In 1777 she was assigned dispatch boat duty and, after delivering her secret dispatches to France, set sail for the United States with French secret dispatches. The British captured her, but not before she could destroy the French dispatches."@en . . . . . . "not known"@en . . . . "19010698"^^ . "not known"@en . "--05-23"^^ . "USS Lynch"@en . . . "Colonel John Lee of Marblehead, Massachusetts"@en . . . . . . . . "USS Lynch was a schooner acquired as part of the Continental Navy in 1776. She served for over a year on the New England coast, interfering with British maritime trade when possible. In 1777 she was assigned dispatch boat duty and, after delivering her secret dispatches to France, set sail for the United States with French secret dispatches. The British captured her, but not before she could destroy the French dispatches."@en . "--05-19"^^ . . . . . . . "--02-01"^^ . . . . . . . . "not known"@en . . "two 4-pounder guns; two 2-pounder guns; four swivel guns"@en . . . "date unknown"@en . . "1776-01-26"^^ . . "1776-02-01"^^ . . "1776-01-26"^^ . . . . .