A town in Massachusetts, scene of the first conflict between the
Americans and British troops in the American Revolution, on 19
April 1775. (Sip: t. 700; l. 127'; b. 33'9"; dr. 16'6"; cpl.
190; a. 18 32 pd car., 2 32 pdr.) The first Concord, a sloop-of-
war, was launched 24 September 1828 by Portsmouth Navy Yard; and
commissioned 7 May 1830, Master Commandant M. C. Perry in
command. Concord cruised in the Mediterranean from 1830 to 1832,
and in the West Indies from 1836 to 1837 and in 1838. During
1841 and 1842, she served on the Brazil Station. She was ordered
on 28 June 1842 to proceed to the island of Tristan da Cunha in
the South Atlantic, thence to Madagascar and the east coast of
Africa for the protection of American whaling interests. She ran
aground on a sand bar on 2 October 1842 at the mouth of the
Loango River in the Mozambique Channel. Her crew made determined
efforts to save her, but when her captain, Commander Boerum, was
drowned while crossing the bar, Lieutenant J. M. Gardner who
succeeded to c