The USS Allen was a 70-foot long row galley with a crew of 40 mounting two cannons. It was built in Vergennes, Vermont, by Adam and Noah Brown and commissioned in the summer of 1814 under the command of sailing master William M. Robbins.
it was apart of Commodore Thomas Macdonough's Lake Champlain squadron and took part in the Battle of Lake Champlain.
--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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