The USS Jefferson finally received her cannons and sailed on 31 July and blockaded Niagara with the USS Sylph and USS Oneida, while the rest of Isaac Chauncey's fleet went to Kingston to blockade that British base. After a month the Jefferson sailed to join Chauncey at Kingston.
A severe storm on September 12 almost sank the Jefferson which was almost swamped. Ten guns had to be thrown overboard.
Back at Sackets Harbor, it was laid up for winter in November where it stayed as peace was declared early the next year. The USS Erie's crew and Charles Ridgely returned to their ship. It remained in ordinary until it was sold 30 April 1815.
--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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Friday, March 25, 2016
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Back to Lawrence Rousseau-- Part 3: The USS Jefferson
From Wikipedia.
This is the second ship Lawrence Rousseau served on after he was on the USS Erie.
The USS Jefferson was a 117-foot long brig with a crew of 160 mounting sixteen 42-pdr. carronades and four 24-pdr. long guns.
It was built at Sackets Harbor for service in Commodore Isaac Chauncey's fleet on Lake Ontario. It was launched 7 April 1814, and manned by the crew of the USS Erie which was laid up in Baltimore because of the British blockade there. Its commander was Charles G. Ridgeley (Ridgely) who also commanded the Erie.
Most of its guns were not yet at Sackets Harbor when the British fleet arrived offshore on 19 May and started their blockade.
--Brock-Perry
This is the second ship Lawrence Rousseau served on after he was on the USS Erie.
The USS Jefferson was a 117-foot long brig with a crew of 160 mounting sixteen 42-pdr. carronades and four 24-pdr. long guns.
It was built at Sackets Harbor for service in Commodore Isaac Chauncey's fleet on Lake Ontario. It was launched 7 April 1814, and manned by the crew of the USS Erie which was laid up in Baltimore because of the British blockade there. Its commander was Charles G. Ridgeley (Ridgely) who also commanded the Erie.
Most of its guns were not yet at Sackets Harbor when the British fleet arrived offshore on 19 May and started their blockade.
--Brock-Perry
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Back to Lawrence Rousseau-- Part 1: War of 1812 on the USS Erie
On Friday's post, March 18, 2016, I wrote about Lawrence Rousseau of the U.S. Navy, who fought in the War of 1812 as well as the Civil War in the Confederate Navy.
One of the ships he was stationed on during the War of 1812 was the sloop-of-war USS Erie in Baltimore.
Wikipedia.
The USS Erie was a three-masted, wooden-hulled sailing sloop-of-war launched 3 November 1813, in Baltimore and put to sea 20 March 1814 under Commander Charles G. Ridgely. Unable to reach open sea because of the British blockade of the Chesapeake Bay, she returned to Baltimore 7 April 1814, and remained there without a crew until early 1815. Lawrence Rousseau was stationed on this ship until after its return to Baltimore.
With the end of hostilities and the British blockade, the USS Erie sailed to Boston on 5 May 1815, and joined Bainbridge's squadron sailing to the Mediterranean to check the Barbary Pirates who had used the U.S. involvement in the War of 1812, to return to their old ways.
The USS Erie mounted two 18-pdr cannons, twenty 32-pdr. carronades, was 117 feet long with a 31.6 foot beam and had a crew of 140 enlisted and officers.
--Brock-Perry
One of the ships he was stationed on during the War of 1812 was the sloop-of-war USS Erie in Baltimore.
Wikipedia.
The USS Erie was a three-masted, wooden-hulled sailing sloop-of-war launched 3 November 1813, in Baltimore and put to sea 20 March 1814 under Commander Charles G. Ridgely. Unable to reach open sea because of the British blockade of the Chesapeake Bay, she returned to Baltimore 7 April 1814, and remained there without a crew until early 1815. Lawrence Rousseau was stationed on this ship until after its return to Baltimore.
With the end of hostilities and the British blockade, the USS Erie sailed to Boston on 5 May 1815, and joined Bainbridge's squadron sailing to the Mediterranean to check the Barbary Pirates who had used the U.S. involvement in the War of 1812, to return to their old ways.
The USS Erie mounted two 18-pdr cannons, twenty 32-pdr. carronades, was 117 feet long with a 31.6 foot beam and had a crew of 140 enlisted and officers.
--Brock-Perry
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