USS Nautilus

Survived

Type	Schooner
Guns	12 guns
War	First Barbary War

Schooner in Preble's squadron off Tripoli in 1804, and one of the three ships that bombarded Derna in April 1805.

USS Nautilus (1799). Nautilus was a schooner launched in 1799. The United States Navy purchased her in May 1803, renaming her the USS Nautilus The plate is from Navy Document, Vol V. This plate mistakenly marked as USS Argus in the documents, but in fact is USS Argo. Ref: The history of the American Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

Initially: 12 × 6-pounder long guns
From 1811: 12 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 long guns
British service: 12 × 12-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder guns

Builder	Spencer
Laid down	1799
Commissioned	24 June 1803
Displacement	185 long tons (188 t)
Length	87 ft 6 in (26.67 m) (overall) 71 ft 6 in (21.79 m) (keel)
Complement	103 officers and enlisted

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Commissioned

24 June 1803

Bombardment of Tripoli

Survived

3 August – 3 September 1804

Richard Somers

Battle of Derna

Survived

27 April 1805

Fate

Survived

Sold or broken up 1817