From the U.S. Coast Guard Site, Gallatin 1807. I wrote about this ship blowing up back on May 4th entry.
Named for Thomas Jefferson's Secretary of the Treasury, Albert Gallatin. Cost $9,432 and commissioned 1807. Bought December 7, 1807 and sent to Charleston for service as a revenue cutter.
On March 31, 1813, the Gallatin, under John H. Silliman arrived back at Charleston after a five-day cruise from Savannah. They had noticed British ships off Port Royal, South Carolina.
On April 1st, at 11 AM, the crew was cleaning muskets when the powder room exploded and blew off the ship's stern and quarterdeck, killing three and seriously wounding five. The ship immediately sank off Blake's Wharf in Charleston harbor. This wharf's location, unfortunately has been lost to time. Had it still been there or its location known, it would have been much easier to locate the Gallatin.
Captain Silliman was ashore at the time.
More to Come. --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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