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| | Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS President (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | Following the impressment of one such sailor on May 1, 1811, by HMS Guerrière, President was ordered to sea on the twelfth under Commodore John Rodgers, and after a long chase, five days later she engaged HMS Little Belt (18 guns) about forty-five miles off the Chesapeake. |
 | | The night action broke off after fifteen minutes; President had one man injured and suffered slight damage to the rigging, as against thirteen killed and nineteen wounded on Little Belt, which was condemned as "almost a wreck" upon her return to Halifax. |
 | | Two days later President fell in with HMS Belvedira, but after an eight-hour chase the British ship escaped after one of President's bow chasers blew up, killing and wounding several of the crew, including Rodgers, whose leg was broken. |
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