PHILADELPHIA (gundelo)
Also known as: The U.S. Gundelo PHILADELPHIA, Continental Gondala, The Philad14th St. and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, District of Columbia
Description
The only extant gunboat built and manned by Americans during the Revolutionary War, PHILADELPHIA was built in 1776, and sunk in a battle on Lake Champlain that same year. Salvaged in 1935, she was remarkably well preserved by the cold water of Valcour Bay. -- National Historic Landmark statement of significance, January 20, 1961
National Register information
Note: The following information comes from the NRHP database and has not been verified.
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966
- Reference number
- 66000852
- Architectural style
- Other architectural type; Gundelo
- Areas of significance
- Archeology - Non-Aboriginal; Military
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; D - Information Potential
- Property type
- Structure
- Historic function
- Naval facility
- Current function
- Museum
- Periods of significance
- 1750-1799; 1925-1949
- Significant years
- 1776; 1935