From Wikipedia.
The USS Lawrence was built at Erie, Pennsylvania.
After the war, it was purposefully sunk for preservation in Misery Bay on Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, in order to save the hull. the submerged hull was sold in 1825 and raised in 1836 when a hull examination was made and then it was sunk again.
In 1875, it was raised again, cut into sections and transported by rail to Philadelphia and exhibited there during the U.S. Centennial International Exhibition of 1876. During the course of the exhibition, the remains were destroyed by fire.
--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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