From Wikipedia.
On Monday I wrote about Lt. Charles A. Budd commanding the USS Preble at the Battle of Lake Champlain.
The USS Preble, sometimes called the Commodore Preble, was the first U.S. ship named for Commodore Edward Preble. It was purchased on Lake Champlain in 1813 and converted into a warship.
Commissioned 8 August 1813, with Lt. Charles Augustus Budd in command.
It had a crew of 30 and mounted seven 12-pdrs. and two 18-pdrs..
Fought at the Battle of Lake Champlain 11 September 1814. After the battle it was laid up and sold at Whitehall, New York, in July 1815.
--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.
are there any more stats on her, length, draft etc
ReplyDeleteI haven't been able to find anything else about it.
ReplyDeleteshe was somewhere between 50 and 75-tons displacement, she was a former merchant ship named "Rising Sun"
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