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USF Chesapeake (1799)

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Chesapeake, 36 Guns

 

 

Details
Nationality American
Ordered 1798/06/30 W012
Laid Down 1798/11/14 W012
Launched 1799/12/02 W012
Shipyard Gosport Navy Yard W012
Designer Josiah Fox B064
Constructor Humphreys, Huttan & Delavue W012
Rate Frigate  
Type Frigate  
Out Service 1813/06/01 W012
Fate Captured W012
Becomes Chesapeake

 

Dimensions
B064   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 151' 8" Imperial Feet 46.23
Length of Keel 127' 5" Imperial Feet 38.84
Breadth 40' 11" Imperial Feet 12.47
Moulded Breadth 40' 4" Imperial Feet 12.29
Depth in Hold 13' 9" Imperial Feet 4.19
Burthen 1,13463/94 Tons BM  
W012   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 152' 8" Imperial Feet 46.53
Breadth 41' 3" Imperial Feet 12.57
Depth in Hold 20' 1" Imperial Feet 6.12
Burthen 1,244 Tons BM  

 

Armament
1800 W012 Broadside Weight = 462
Spardeck 12 American 32-Pounder Carronade
Gun Deck 30 American 18 Pounder
1813 B020 Broadside Weight = 459
Spardeck 12 American 32-Pounder Carronade
Gun Deck 28 American 18 Pounder
Gun Deck 2 American 12-Pounder
Gun Deck 1 American 6-Pounder

 

Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1800 340 Establishment? W012
1813/06/01 379 Actual complement B020
1813/06/01 381 Sworn statement of Lt. Budd W005

 

Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1802/04/27 1803/06/01 Commodore Richard V Morris W012
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1806 1807/07 Commodore James Barron B174
1802 1803 Captain Alexander Murray W016
Unknown 1807 Master Commandant Charles Gordon W057
1807 Unknown Captain Alexander J Dallas W012
1807 Unknown Captain Stephen Decatur W012
Unknown 1813/05/20 Captain Samuel Evans W005
1813/05/20 1813/06/01 Captain James Lawrence W012
Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1807 Unknown Lieutenant A Ludlow W012
1807 Unknown First Lieutenant George Parker W012
1807/01 Unknown Lieutenant Arthur Sinclair W016
Unknown Unknown Third Lieutenant William Henry Allen W057
1813/06/01 Aboard Third Lieutenant William Sitgreaves Cox W016
1813/06/01 Aboard Second Lieutenant George Budd W005
1813/06/01 Aboard Third Lieutenant William S Cox W005
1813/06/01 Aboard First Lieutenant Augustus C.  Ludlow W012
1813/06/01 Aboard Fourth Lieutenant Edward Ballard W005
    Lieutenant William Lewis B182

 

Warrant Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1807   Master Commandant Charles Gordon  
1807   Sailmaker Bos Jacob Vanden W052
1813/06/01 Aboard Master William A. White W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Gunner Matthew Rogers W005
1813/06/01 Aboard Acting Chaplain Samuel Livermore W005
Petty Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
Unknown Unknown Midshipman Henry Wadsworth W016
1811/02/04 1813/06/01 Midshipman William a. Weaver W049
1812   Midshipman James Nicholson W052
1812   Midshipman Andrew Haslett W052
1812/01/01 1813/06/01 Midshipman Walter Abbott W049
1812/06/18 1813/06/01 Midshipman Francis Nichol W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Midshipman Pollard Hopwell W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Midshipman John Evans, Jr. W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Midshipman Livingston Conurtlandt W049
    Midshipman James Duncan Elliott B182
1813/06/01 Aboard Quartermaster Daniel Burnham W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Quartermaster James Woodbury W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Boatswain's Mate John Carter W049
1813/04 1813/06/01 Carpenter's Mate Joseph Judy W049
Crew
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
  1807/06/22   Jenkin Ratford W057
1806 1807/06/22   William Ware W057
1806 1813/06/01   Daniel Martin W057
1806 1807/06/22   John Strachan W057
1813/06/01 Aboard   John Waters W005
1813/06/01 Aboard Ordinary Seaman Abraham Cox W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Seaman Sterling Clark W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Ordinary seaman Alexander Marino W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Ordinary Seaman Thomas Evans W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Seaman John Miller W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Seaman Robert Bates W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Seaman William Russell W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Ordinary Seaman Harris Ball W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Seaman Andrew Williams W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Seaman Joseph Simonds W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Ordinary Seaman John W. Dugging W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Seaman Henry Munroe W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Seaman Josiah Shatfield W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Seaman John Philips W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Ordinary Seaman Benjamin Esday W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Seaman John Reed 2nd W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Quarter Gunner Michael Kelley W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Ordinary Seaman Samuel Mullen W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Ordinary Seaman Michael Sawyer W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Seaman Michael Betton W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Seaman John Crabb W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Ordinary Seaman Samuel Perkins W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Seaman Joseph Judith W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Seaman John Jones W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Seaman Christopher Houston W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Seaman David Bias W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Seaman James Trainer W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Boy George Craton W049

 

Marines
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1813/06/01 Aboard Marine 1st Lieutenant James Broom W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Private Thomas Wheaton W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Private Benjamin Morrison W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Private John Mulligan W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Private John Huntress W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Private James Traenor W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Private Jacob Preston W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Private Philip Bryant W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Private Redmond Berry W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Private Robert Standley W049
1813/06/01 Aboard Private Delaney Ward W049

 

 

 

Service Record
Date Notes Source
1800/06/06 Left Norfolk for a cruise of the southern coast of the USA and the West Indies  
1801 Placed in ordinary at Norfolk  
1801/01/01 Took the French privateer ''La Jeune Creole''  
1801/05/11 Departed Gibraltar bound for North America  
1801/07/01 Arrived at Gibraltar  
1802/04/27 Recommisioned as Mediterannean Flagship of Commodore Richard V Morris  
1803/04/06 Left Gibraltar for America  
1803/06/01 Arrived at Washington Navy Yard and placed in ordinary soon after  
1807 Recommissioned  
1807/06 Left Hampton Roads  
1807/06/22 Incident with Leopard (50), in which the Chesapeake suffered 21 casualties and had 4 men carried off  
1812/12/13 Cruised in the Atlantic taking five British Merchantmen prize  
1813/04/09 Returned to the United States  
1813/06/01 Left Boston to engage Shannon  

 

Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
No Fleets Listed

 

Actions & Battles
Date Source
1813/06/01 Action of 1813-06-010  

 

Notes on Ship
Casualties and Damage  
In the action against the Shannon the Chesapeake had sixty-one killed or mortally wounded, including her Captain, First and Fourth Lieutenants, master, Boatswain and three Midshipmen, and eight-five wounded, including her both the other Lieutenants, five midshipmen and the Chaplain. During the fifteen minute engagement the Chesapeake was struck by the following shot (From a table in Roosevelt)
39 eighteen pound
25 thirty-two pound
2 nine pound
306 grape
362 Total shot

 

Sources
Id Link or Description Author
W012 Dictionary of American Fighting Vessels Unknown
B064 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817 Rif Winfield
B020 Naval Occurences of the war of 1812 William James

Last Updated :2009/01/16 at 23:48:00 by Cy

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