USS Hancock

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USS Hancock was a prominent frigate of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against the British.

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AI-generated illustration of USS Hancock

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of USS Hancock (USS Hancock was a prominent frigate of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against the British.)

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Label Occurrences
USS Hancock canonical 7

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Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Continental Navy ship ⓘ
frigate ⓘ
warship ⓘ
armament 32 guns ⓘ
beam about 36 feet ⓘ
builder Newburyport, Massachusetts ⓘ
builtAt Newburyport, Massachusetts ⓘ
captureDate 1777 ⓘ
capturedBy Royal Navy ⓘ
capturedByShip HMS Rainbow ⓘ
capturedShip HMS Fox ⓘ
class Hancock-class frigate ⓘ
commissionedInService 1776 ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crewComplement approximately 250 men ⓘ
designedFor blue-water operations ⓘ
era Age of Sail ⓘ
fate captured by the British in 1777 ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the early frigates of the Continental Navy ⓘ
launchDate 1776 ⓘ
length about 140 feet ⓘ
namedAfter John Hancock ⓘ
navalBranch Continental Navy ⓘ
notableEngagement capture of HMS Fox (1777) ⓘ
operator Continental Navy ⓘ
propulsion sail ⓘ
recommissionedAs HMS Iris ⓘ
role commerce raiding ⓘ
naval combat against British shipping ⓘ
sailPlan full-rigged ship ⓘ
serviceEntry 1776 ⓘ
subsequentName HMS Iris ⓘ
theater Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
typeOfRigging square-rigged ⓘ
usedBy Royal Navy ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Continental Navy → notableShip → USS Hancock ⓘ
HMS Fox → capturedBy → USS Hancock ⓘ
HMS Fox → opponent → USS Hancock ⓘ
Hancock-class frigate → namedAfter → USS Hancock ⓘ
HMS Rainbow → capturedVessel → USS Hancock ⓘ
HMS Iris → formerName → USS Hancock ⓘ
HMS Iris → predecessor → USS Hancock ⓘ