USS Insurgent (1799) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Insurgente was a 32-gun Semillante class frigate of the French Navy. She was captured during the Quasi-War and then purchased by the United States Navy as USS Insurgent. Insurgent was captured by USS Constellation, Captain Thomas Truxtun in command, after a chase and battle of an hour and a quarter off the island of Nevis in the West Indies 9 February 1799. Considered a prize in the Quasi-War with France, the frigate was refitted for service in the West Indies and cruised under Lt. John Rodgers in company with Constellation until May 1799.