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The first '''''Baltimore''''' in naval service in the [[United States]] was a 12-gun [[brigantine]] that served in the [[Continental Navy]] from 1777 to 1780.
''Baltimore'' was built in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], in 1777. She was fitted out by the orders of the Marine Committee of the [[Continental Congress]] as a [[Packet (sea transport)|packet]] or [[despatch vessel]] and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] in the Continental Navy under the command of [[Captain (naval)|Captain]] Thomas Read.
Few details of ''Baltimore''{{'}}s service are available. In addition to performing despatch service, she is said to have participated in the defense of the [[Chesapeake Bay]] and [[Delaware Bay]] in 1778 and 1779.
''Baltimore'' was reported lost off [[Cape Henry]], [[Virginia]], on 29 January 1780.
==References==
* {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b1/baltimore-i.htm}}
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