From Wikipedia.
The USS Wasp was constructed in the Washington Navy Yard and commissioned in 1807. During the War of 1812, it captured the HMS Frolic, but was immediately afterwards captured and taken into British service as the HMS Loup Cervier and then the HMS Peacock.
It was lost with all hands, presumably foundered, on July 23, 1814, off tge Virginia Capes.
--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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