Battle of New Orleans.

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

United States Ships-of-the-Line-- Part 2: USS Chippewa

From Wikipedia

I wasn't able to find out much about this ship as it was never completed. In earlier posts on the USS New Orleans, I've seen it was to be a sister ship of the Chippewa (also spelled Chippawa). I've seen that it was built at Sackets Harbor in New York and Wikipedia has it being built at the navy yard at Storrs, NY. I'd never heard of a navy yard at Storrs and when looking it up,the Brooklyn Navy Yard came up so perhaps Storrs refers to that?

The ship was authorized the same time as the USS New Orleans on 15 December 1814, and construction began at the same time as well. Like the New Orleans, it was named after a U.S. military victory. With the coming of peace, also like the New Orleans, it was never completed or launched. It was sold in 1833.

--Brock-Perry

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