Talk:USS Philadelphia

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You state that the first Philadelphia was a gondola, defined as a boat used in the canals of Venice. I believe that the Philadelphia was in fact a gundalow, a much larger freight barge type of boat that would have been more capable of fighting in a naval battle than an oversized rowboat.

There are three kinds of vessels called "gondola", the meaning here is one of those. Benedict Arnold called them gondolas in reports, and probably meant "gundalow", although it's not 100% certain. Gondola needs additions to explain all this. Stan 17:55, 23 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]