USS Vixen (1803)-- Part 1: First Barbary War

From Wikipedia.

The Vixen was one of four  vessels authorized by Congress on 28 February 1803 and was built  at Baltimore, Maryland,  in the spring of 1803 and launched  25 June 1803 with Lieutenant John Smith in command.

STATS:

Cost:  $20,872
Type:  Schooner
83.6 feet long
23.2 foot beam

Complement:  111 officers and enlisted
Armament:  twelve 18-pdr. carronades, two 9-pdr. bow chasers

It was designed specifically for the shoal waters off the coast of Tripoli and joined Commodore Edward Preble's  squadron for duty in the First Barbary War (1810-1805).

She sailed from Baltimore immediately after commissioning and deployed off Gibraltar 14 September.

--Brock-Perry