From the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, History: War of 1812.
Thomas Macdonough had quite a naval shipbuilding program underway during the winter of 1813-1814 at Vergennes, Vermont. He had six 70-ton row galleys constructed armed with one 24-pdr. and one 18-pdr. cannon. They were the Allen, Boxer, Burrows, Centipede, Nettle and Viper.
In late spring 1814, the 26-gun ship USS Saratoga (143-feet) was built in just in just 40 days. Then, he had a steamboat hull converted into the 120 foot long schooner USS Ticonderoga (17 guns).
--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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