USS Boston (1799)

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An engraving of USS Boston in the Mediterranean circa 1802
History
United States
Name	USS Boston
Namesake	Boston, Massachusetts
Builder	Edmund Hartt
Cost	$119,570
Launched	20 May 1799
Commissioned	1799
Fate	Burned, 24 August 1814
General characteristics
Type	Frigate
Tonnage	700 tons displacement 400 tons
Length	134 ft (41 m)
Beam	34 ft 6 in (10.52 m)
Draft	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Speed	9.2 knots (17.0 km/h; 10.6 mph)
Complement	220 officers and enlisted
Armament	24 × 12-pounder guns 8 × 9-pounder guns

The third USS Boston was a 32-gun wooden-hulled, three-masted frigate of the United States Navy. Boston was built by public subscription in Boston under the Act of 30 June 1798. Boston was active during the Quasi-War with France and the First Barbary War. On 12 October 1800, Boston engaged and captured the French corvette Berceau. Boston was laid up in 1802, and considered not worth repairing at the outbreak of the War of 1812. She was burned at the Washington Naval Yard on 24 August 1814 to prevent her capture by British forces.