The first USS Hudson was a wooden hulled, three-masted sailing frigate

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 in the United States Navy

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Hudson, formerly Liberator, was built in 1826 for the Greek government by Smith & Dimon of New York

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. When Greece

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 was unable to pay for her, she was purchased by the Navy and commissioned at New York.

In 1828, Hudson began fitting out for what was to be her only cruise, and during this period was inspected by President John Quincy Adams

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 and his entourage. The frigate sailed from New York on 28 September 1828 to serve as Commodore John Creighton

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's flagship

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 in the Brazil Squadron

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. In company with , she touched at New London, Connecticut

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 for supplies and ammunition before turning south to reach Rio de Janeiro

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 on 29 November to help eradicate the insidious traffic in slaves along those shores. From there Hudson conducted several patrols along the South American coast, stopping and boarding for inspection American as well as foreign ships. She also served as a harbor patrol vessel at Montevideo

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 and Rio and cruised to Bahia

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 and St. Catherine

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during her three years on station.

Hudson departed on 13 June 1831 and reached New York via Bahia on 5 August. She remained at New York as a receiving ship until 1844, when she was broken up and sold.

See also

• Glossary of nautical terms
  Glossary of nautical terms
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• List of sailing frigates of the United States Navy
• Naval tactics in the Age of Sail
  Naval tactics in the Age of Sail
  Naval tactics in the Age of Sail were used from the early 17th century onward when sailing ships replaced oared galleys. These were used until the 1860s when steam-powered ironclad warships rendered sailing line of battle ships obsolete.-Early history:...