Battle of New Orleans.

Friday, May 2, 2014

USS Superior

From Wikipedia.

Was a 58-gun frigate mounting thirty Columbiad 32-pdrs., two long 24-pdrs. and twenty-six 42-pdr. carronades.

Built at Sackets Harbor, New York, by Henry Eckford in rapid time.  Laid down February 1814 and launched May 2nd.   Commanded by Lt. John H. Elton.

It joined Commodore Isaac Chauncey's squadron in July and blockaded the fleet of Sir James Yeo at the British base at Kingston, Ontario.  In late September 1814, the Superior escorted General Izzard's 3,000 troops from Sackets Harbor to Genessee, New York.  It then returned to Kingston before returning to Sackets Harbor for the winter.

With peace in 1815, it was put into ordinary and sold sometime before 1824.

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