American Brigantine \nLexington was part of a small fleet of mercantile brigantins who had been preceded by warships in Philadelphia in 1775/77, at the time of war against the English. Under the command of Captain John Barry, on April 7, 1776, he had a victorious naval commitment with the Corvette Edward. In the same year he had been captured by the British frigate Pearl, but the crew had managed, with a helping hand, to recover the ship and had managed to return to Baltimore. The following year Lexington had left for France. He had participated with other ships in several war actions in the Gulf of Biscay, in the Channel and around the Irish coast, and he had captured several English ships. Returning from France on September 20, 1777, he was captured by the English cotter alert after a fight lasting more than three hours, during which lexington, exhausted all ammunition, had to go to save the life of the crew Already decimated by the enemy\'s edges.