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#70362. smartie806
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This car, known as "America's first sports car," was named after a fighting frigate. What is it?
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elburcher
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A Corvette is not a Frigate, they are two distict classes of ships.
A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, smaller than a frigate. Almost all modern navies use ships smaller than frigates for coastal duty, but not all of them use the term corvette.
During the Age of Sail, corvettes were one of many types of smaller warships. They were very closely related to sloops-of-war. The role of the corvette consisted mostly of coastal patrol, fighting minor wars, supporting large fleets, or participating in show-the-flag missions.
Frigate is a name which has been used for several distinct types of warships at different times. It has referred to a variety of ship roles and sizes. In the age of sail, it referred to a ship smaller and faster than a battleship, used for patrolling and escort work rather than fighting fleet actions.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvette
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloop-of-war
Sep 03 06, 11:15 AM
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