USS COLUMBUS-- 74-guns. Launched 1819. Sunk at Norfolk Navy Yard 20 April 1861 to prevent capture by Confederates.
USS FRANKLIN-- Launched August 1815, 74-guns. Broken up 1852.
USS WASHINGTON-- Launched 25, August 1815, 74-guns. Broken up 1843.
USS INDEPENDENCE-- 90-guns. In 1836 it was redecked and re-rated as a 54-gun frigate. Served in the Mexican War. In 1859, made a receiving ship in San Francisco and served there until decommissioned in 1912. Burned to recover metal fittings.
--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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United States Ships-of-the-Line-- Part 4: The Ships and Classes
From Wikipedia "Lists of Ships of the Line in the United States Navy."
CONTINENTAL NAVY: USS America, given to France in 1782. There were three others. One was abandoned when the British captured Philadelphia in 1777 and the two others canceled and never named.
UNITED STATES NAVY:
COLUMBUS-CLASS. There were to be six in the class, but all were cancelled in 1800.
INDEPENDENCE-CLASS: Independence, Washington, Franklin and Columbus.
CHIPPEWA-CLASS: Chippewa, New Orleans and Pennsylvania (1837-1861). (The Pennsylvania was the first state-named ship-of-the-line, a tradition that continued with battleships and today, some of our submarines.)
DELAWARE-CLASS: Delaware (1820-1861), Vermont (1848-1901), New Hampshire (1864-1921), Virginia (laid-down, never launched), New York (laid-down 1820, burnt on ways 1861), Ohio (1820-1861), North Carolina (1820-1866)
Unnamed Class: 4 authorized in 1832 and never built.
The Ships-of-the-Line. --Brock-Perry
CONTINENTAL NAVY: USS America, given to France in 1782. There were three others. One was abandoned when the British captured Philadelphia in 1777 and the two others canceled and never named.
UNITED STATES NAVY:
COLUMBUS-CLASS. There were to be six in the class, but all were cancelled in 1800.
INDEPENDENCE-CLASS: Independence, Washington, Franklin and Columbus.
CHIPPEWA-CLASS: Chippewa, New Orleans and Pennsylvania (1837-1861). (The Pennsylvania was the first state-named ship-of-the-line, a tradition that continued with battleships and today, some of our submarines.)
DELAWARE-CLASS: Delaware (1820-1861), Vermont (1848-1901), New Hampshire (1864-1921), Virginia (laid-down, never launched), New York (laid-down 1820, burnt on ways 1861), Ohio (1820-1861), North Carolina (1820-1866)
Unnamed Class: 4 authorized in 1832 and never built.
The Ships-of-the-Line. --Brock-Perry
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