From Wikipedia.
I came across this name while doing research for something else and the name just sort of jumped out at me for some reason. Exactly why would the U.S. Navy name a warship after the hated Confederates? Well, as it turns out, there was a story.
The definition of confederacy is a league or alliance. Turns out, that was what the Americans had going during the American Revolution.
The Confederacy was a 36-gun sailing frigate on the Continental Navy during the American Revolution. The British Royal Navy captured her in Match 1781 and took her into their service as the HMS Confederate for a half year before breaking her up in 1782.
Betcha Never Heard of This Ship. --Cooter
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