USS COLUMBUS-- 74-guns. Launched 1819. Sunk at Norfolk Navy Yard 20 April 1861 to prevent capture by Confederates.
USS FRANKLIN-- Launched August 1815, 74-guns. Broken up 1852.
USS WASHINGTON-- Launched 25, August 1815, 74-guns. Broken up 1843.
USS INDEPENDENCE-- 90-guns. In 1836 it was redecked and re-rated as a 54-gun frigate. Served in the Mexican War. In 1859, made a receiving ship in San Francisco and served there until decommissioned in 1912. Burned to recover metal fittings.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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