3decks - Naval Sailing Warfare History

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USC Eagle (1814)

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Eagle, 20 Gun Brig

Details

Nationality	United States of America
Launched	1814-Aug-11	W012
Shipyard	Vergennes VT	W012
Constructor	Adam & Noah Brown	W012
Rate	Brig	W012
In Service	1814-Sep-06	W012
Out Service	1825	W012
Fate	Sold	W012

Dimensions

Gun Deck	Keel	Beam	Depth	Draught	Burthen	Displacement	Source
					500		W012

Armament

Date	Crew	Guns	Deck	B/S Weight	Source
1814	160	20	8 x 8, 12 x 32C	224	W012
1814-Sep-11	130	20	8 x 8, 12 x 32C	224	B045

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Name	Source
1814-Sep-06		Commander Robert Henley	W012

Officers

Date From	Date To	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1814	1814	Lieutenant	Joseph Smith	W012
1814	1814	Acting Lieutenant	William A Spencer	W012

Service record

1814-Aug-11	Launched as Surprise	W012
1814-Sep-06	Renamed Eagle and commissioned	W012
1814	Laid up as Whitehall NY	W012
1825	Sold	W012

Actions & Battles

Date		Source
1814-Sep-11	Battle of Lake Champlain

Notes

The casualties sustained at the Battle of Lake Champlain were:

13 Killed		20 Wounded
Peter Vandermere	Master's Mate	Joseph Smith	Lieutenant
Jno Ribero	Seaman	William A Spencer	Acting Lieutenant
Jacob Lindman	Seaman	Francis Breeze	Master's Mate
Perkins Moore	Ordinary Seaman	Abraham Waters	Pilot
James Winship	Ordinary Seaman	William C Allen	Quartermaster
Thomas Anwright	Ordinary Seaman	James Duick	Quarter Gunner
Nace Wilson	Ordinary Seaman	Andrew Mcewen	Seaman
Thomas Lewis	Boy	Zebediah Concklin	Seaman
John Wallace	Marine	Joseph Valentine	Seaman
Joseph Heaton	Marine	John Hartley	Seaman
Robert Stratton	Marine	John Miclin	Seaman
James M Hale	Musician	Robert Buckley	Seaman
John Wood	Musician	Purnell Boice	Ordinary Seaman
		Aaron Fitzgerald	Boy
		John N Craig	Seaman
		John Mckenney	Seaman
		Matthew Scriver	Marine
		George Mainwaring	Marine
		Henry Jones	Marine
		John Mccarty	Marine

Sources

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

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