Other U.S.N. Ships Named Chesapeake-- Part 2: The USS Patapsco

This one was only temporarily named the USS Chesapeake.  Most likely its name was changed so that the new frigate could have it.

The Patapsco is the name of a river by Baltimore, Maryland.

USS Chesapeake/USS Patapsco, sloop.  During the time the Patapsco spent in the West Indies, it captured two French ships and aided the USS Merrimack, 28 guns, (a ship launched by the Association of Newburyport Shipwrights in 1798 and saw action in the U.S. Navy until it was sold in 1801) in defeating a French invasion of Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles..  A British frigate was also

The Quasi War with France resulted in a number of U.S. navy ships which were in service for just a short time, like the Patapsco.

Afterwards, the Patapsco returned to Philadelphia where it was sold in 1801.

So much for the first USS Chesapeake/Patapsco.