From the United States Coast Guard History Program.
SURVEYOR, 1807
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
MASTER SAMUEL TRAVIS
Builder: Robert Parsons, Baltimore, Md.
Rig: Schooner
Length: 68 feet
Beam: 19 feet
Displacement: 75 tons
Commissioned: 1807
Disposition: Captured by the British, 1813 Complement: 25
Armament: six 6-pounder cannons
--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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