USS Cyane-- Part 6: Uriah Levy, First Jewish Commodore

Another important person in U.S. Navy history who served aboard the USS Cyane was Uriah P. Levy, the first Jewish person to attain the rank of commodore in the U.S. Navy.  During the War of 1812, while on the Argus, the ship seized more than 20 vessels in the English Channel before it was captured August 14, 1813.  He spent 16 months imprisoned in England.

The Cyane was laid up at the Philadelphia Navy Yard where it sank in 1835 and was broken up in 1836.

--Brock-Perry