Yesterday, I posted about the capture of the USS Scorpion and did some research on the ship.
From Wikipedia.
The first USS Scorpion was not yesterday's ship that was captured. The first one was not the one from yesterday. It was a 48-foot, 18.2-foot beam carrying 26 crew and 4 guns described as a self-propelled floating artillery battery and schooner-rigged.
It was commissioned on September 1812 at Norfolk, Virginia.
In 1813, it joined the Potomac Flotilla and then was sent to Baltimore where it joined Commodore Joshua Barney's Chesapeake Bay Flotilla. It retreated up Maryland's Patuxent River under the command of Major William B. Barney, the commodore's son, who was acting as captain.
On 21 August 1814, the Scorpion's crew marched to defend Washington, D.C. and the ship was burned to prevent capture.
--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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