Another USS New York Burned to Prevent Enemy Capture

Earlier this month I wrote about the frigate USS Columbia being burned at Washington Navy Yard in 1814 to prevent capture by the British and that another frigate named USS Columbia had been burned to prevent capture by Confederates in 1861 at Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia.

And, the USS New York name had a similar story.  The 1800 USS New York, which I have been writing about was burned at Washington Navy Yard in 1814.  The next USS New York was a 74-gun ship of the line that was laid down in 1820 at Norfolk Navy Yard, but never launched and burned in 1861 to prevent capture by the Confederates.

--Brock-Perry