USS Providence (1775)

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History
United States
Name	Katy (pre-1775) USS Providence (1775–1779)
Builder	John Brown of Providence, Rhode Island[1]
Cost	$1250
Launched	about 1768
Acquired	By Rhode Island, 15 June 1775
Commissioned	Into Continental Navy, 3 December 1775
Fate	Destroyed by her crew, 14 August 1779
General characteristics
Type	Sloop
Length	~65 feet
Beam	20 feet
Sail plan	jib, flying jib, staysail, square sail, and fore-and-aft mainsail
Complement	6 officers, 22 seamen, 26 Marines
Armament	12 × 4-pounder guns and 14 × railside swivel guns
Service record
Commanders:	Capt. Abraham Whipple Capt. John Hazard Capt. John Paul Jones Capt. Hoysted Hacker Capt. John Rathbun
Operations:	Battle of Nassau Penobscot Expedition

USS Providence was a sloop-of-war in the Continental Navy, originally chartered by the Rhode Island General Assembly as Katy. The ship took part in a number of campaigns during the first half of the American Revolutionary War before being destroyed by her own crew in 1779 to prevent her falling into the hands of the British after the failed Penobscot Expedition.