Chesapeake yakanga iri 38-gun wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate yeUnited States Navy. Yakanga iri imwe yezvikepe zvitanhatu zvepakutanga izvo kuvakwa kwazvo kwakagamuchirwa neMutemo weNaval we1794. Joshua Humphreys akagadzira aya mahombekombe kuti ave ngarava huru dzamauto echiduku. "Chesapeake" pakutanga yakagadzirirwa sechikepe chine pfuti 44, asi kunonoka mukuvaka, kuperevedza kwezvinhu uye zvinetso zvebhajeti zvakaita kuti muvaki Josiah Fox achinje magadzirirwo ake kuva pfuti 38. Yakatangwa paGosport Navy Yard musi waDecember 2, 1799, "Chesapeake" yakatanga basa rayo munguva yeQuasi-War neFrance uye gare gare yakaona basa muFirst Barbary War
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