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)