USC Eagle (1813)

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Eagle, 11 Gun Sloop

Length	Keel	Beam	Depth	Draught	Burthen	Displacement	Source
64' 0"		20' 4"	5' 8"		110		W012

Date	Crew	Guns	Deck	B/S Weight	Source
1812	50	11			W012

Date From	Date to	Name	Source
	1813-Jun-03	Sailing Master J Loomis	W012

Date From	Date To	Rank/Position	Name	Source

1812	Purchased and fitted for naval serice	W012
1813-Jun-03	Sunk by British gunboats near Ile aux Noix. Raised and taken into service as Finch	B045
1814-Sep-11	Recaptured at the Battle of Lake Champlain	W012
1815-Jul	Sold at Whitehall NY	W012

Date		Source
1813-Jun-03	Action with Growler against 3 British Gunboats

In the action of June 3rd 1813 the Eagle had eleven men wounded (B045)

As the Finch, the Eagle carried six 18-pound carronades, four long 6’s, and one short 18 (B045)

W012	Dictionary of American Fighting Vessels
B045	The Naval War of 1812 - Vol II	Theodore Roosevelt

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