From the history.navy.mil. site.
The last post I mentioned the Row Galley Allen being launched at Vergennes, Vermont, near the end of April 1814. I wasn't very familiar with them, but figured with the word row i n it, it probably had something to do with oars for power.
Row galleys were especially advantageous in Lake Champlain because they could be quickly built and relatively inexpensive and perfect for shallow waters. Their low freeboards made then difficult to hit, especially at distances. Movement was accomplished by sails or sweep oars.
Row galleys were 75-feet long, 15 foot wide, drew 22 inches of water and armed with a long 24 pdr cannon and 42-pdr carronade. Forty oars complemented the sail power.
--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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