From the St. Marys Gunboat Project site.
GUNBOAT NO..161 was built at Charleston, South Carolina, by J. marsh in 1810. It mounted one long 32-pdr and two 18-pdrs. It was first sent to St. Simons and then to St. Marys in 1811 and again in March 1813. It was sunk by the September 17, 1813 hurricane and all hands were saved.
GUNBOAT NO. 164 was built in Beaufort, South Carolina, by F. Saltus in 1810. It mounted one long 32-pdr. and two 12-pdrs. Sent to St. Marys in 1811 and sunk there by the September 17, 1813 hurricane with only 6 of the 26-man crew saved.
--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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