From Wikipedia.
Snow brig, square rigged vessel, wooden hulled, with two masts. A snow-brig has a snow or try-sail mast located behind the main mast.
It was the relief flagship for Oliver Hazard Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie after his USS Lawrence was too smashed to continue fighting. It is certified for sail training by the U.S. Coast Guard and as such is the SSV Niagara. It is usually docked behind the Erie Maritime Museum in Erie, Pennsylvania. It often travels the Great Lakes during summers.
It was constructed 1812-1813 to protect the vulnerable American shore of Lake Erie and played a pivotal role in the Battle of Lake Erie.
--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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