According to Wikipedia, there were two other USS Patapscos which may have participated in the War of 1812 as one was launched in 1806 and the other in 1812. But Wikipedia only had a stub about these ships saying they existed, but there was no more information. Nor could I find any more information about these ships elsewhere.
These ships might have served around Baltimore since that is the name of a river that flows into the Chesapeake Bay at that point.
The next USS Patapsco was a Paissac-class monitor launched in 1862, fought during the Civil War, and sunk by a mine in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, in January 15, 1865.
The next one was a tug, the AT-10, the lead ship of her class which served the Navy from 1911 to 1936.
The last USS Patapsco, AOG-1, was the lead-ship of her class of gasoline tankers and served in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam War.
--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.
No comments:
Post a Comment