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	USS Hornet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The third Hornet was a brig-rigged sloop of war was launched on 28 July 1805 in Baltimore and commissioned on 18 October.
		The fourth Hornet was a five gun schooner used as a dispatch vessel between 1813 and 1820.
		The seventh Hornet (CV-8) launched the Doolittle Raid in 1942 along with Enterprise, fought at the battle of Midway, and was sunk at the battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October 1942.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Hornet (375 words)

	USS Hornet Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Hornet was decommissioned on December 15, 1865 and sold into private ownership.
		The seventh Hornet (CV-8), along with the Enterprise (CV-6), launched the Doolittle Raid in 1942, fought at the Battle of Midway, but was sunk during the Battle of Santa Cruz on 26 October 1942.
		The eighth Hornet (CV/CVA/CVS-12) was originally named USS Kearsarge, but renamed in honor of CV-8 and active through the rest of World War II.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/u/us/uss_hornet.html (541 words)

	DANFS - USS Hornet
		Hornet's alert crew shifted to port and with one well-placed shot from the six-pounder sent the sloop, rifles and all, to the bottom.
		Hornet planes attacked the fleeing Japanese fleet 6 June 1942 to assist in sinking cruiser Mikuma, damaged a destroyer, and left cruiser Mogami aflame and heavily damaged.
		Hornet, basing from Eniwetok in the Marshalls, raided enemy installations ranging from Guam to the Bonins, then turned her attention to the Palaus, throughout the Philippine Sea, and to enemy bases on Okinawa and Formosa.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/h/hornet.htm (3549 words)

	U. S. Naval Squadron—New Orleans, 1814
		USS Alligator was a sloop that was used as a tender.
		USS Tickler was a dispatch sloop used as a bomb ketch, purchased in August 1812.
		USS Eagle was a twelve gun schooner purchased in 1814, one of three so-named vessels during the war.
	umbrigade.tripod.com /articles/navy_neworleans.html (2013 words)

	USS Hornet (1805, brig) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The third USS Hornet was a brig-rigged sloop of war in the United States Navy.
		Hornet was launched on 28 July 1805 in Baltimore and commissioned on 18 October.
		She captured the privateer Dolphin on 9 July 1812 although the ship was recaptured again shortly afterwards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Hornet_(1805,_brig) (274 words)

	War of 1812 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The ships included the frigate USS President and the sloop USS Hornet under Commodore John Rodgers (who had general command), and the frigates USS United States and USS Congress, with the brig USS Argus under Captain Stephen Decatur.
		Meanwhile, USS Constitution, commanded by Captain Isaac Hull, sailed from the Chesapeake, on July 12.
		An example of the audacity of the American cruisers was the depredations in British home waters carried out by the American sloop USS Argus (which was eventually captured off St David's Head in Wales by the more heavily armed British brig HMS Pelican, on August 14, 1813).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/War_of_1812 (8168 words)

	USN Ships--USS Hornet (1805-1829)
		USS Hornet, a 441-ton brig-sloop built at Baltimore, Maryland, was commissioned in October 1805.
		Later in the year she blockaded the British sloop of war Bonne Citoyenne at Bahia, Brazil, and on 24 February 1813 defeated and sank HMS Peacock.
		On 23 March 1815, off Tristan da Cunha island, USS Hornet captured the British sloop Penguin, one of several actions between the U.S. and Royal Navies that took place after the War of 1812 had formally ended, but before all ships at sea had learned of the settlement.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-h/hornet3.htm (595 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: War of 1812 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		USS United States was the first frigate in the United States Navy in 1797.
		The first USS Essex of the United States Navy was a sailing frigate that participated in the Quasi-War with France and in the War of 1812, wherein she was captured by the British (1814).
		The USS Chesapeake was a 36-gun sailing frigate of the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France and the War of 1812.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/War-of-1812 (10572 words)

	Early HORNETS
		The name HORNET is one of the most distinguished in American naval history.
		HORNET was a converted yacht, purchased for use in the Spanish-American War.
		In the ensuing bloody struggle, the seventh and eighth HORNETS, CV-8 and CV-12, would bring everlasting fame and glory to the name with their illustrious wartime careers against the Japanese in the Pacific.
	www.cco.caltech.edu /~drmiles/early_hornets.html (799 words)

	U.S.S. Hornet and Reunions
		U.S.S. Hornet is now peacefully moored at historic Alameda Point in San Francisco Bay, California.
		Hornet and her screen of escorts sailed under sealed orders on April 2nd as "Task Force 16.2".
		Hornet was only one year and six days old when she went down.
	members.tripod.com /~Post_119_Gulfport_MS/hornet.html (1096 words)

	War of 1812 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Meanwhile, USS Constitution, commanded by Captain Isaac Hull, sailed from the Chesapeake, on July 12, without orders so as to avoid being blockaded.
		On October 25, the USS United States, commanded by Captain Decatur, captured the British frigate HMS Macedonian, which he carried back to port.
		An example of the audacity of the American cruisers was the capture of the American sloop USS Argus at St David's Head in Wales by the more heavily armed British sloop HMS Pelican, on August 14, 1813.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/War_of_1812 (7177 words)

	USS Albany
		Through the winter of 1804 and 1805, the brig alternated between blockade duty off Tripoli and periods in port at Malta and Syracuse.
		In the spring of 1805, Argus participated in one of the more celebrated episodes of American naval history, the capture of Derna.
		During the War of 1812 Argus-an 18-gun sloop of war laid down at the Washington Navy Yard in 1813-was still on the ways when the British advanced on the National Capital late in the summer of 1814.
	www.multied.com /Navy/Brigatines/Argus.html (1270 words)

	Ship Modelers Association - Famous Ships
		In this position, the USS HORNET poured in so heavy and well directed a fire, that, fifteen minutes later, the PEACOCK, having six feet of water in the hold and being cut to pieces in hull and masts, hoisted from her fore rigging an ensign, union down, as a signal of distress.
		The USS HORNET’s superior gunnery destroyed the HMS PENGUIN, which was later scuttled, killing 10 to 25 of her crew including Commander James Dickinson.
		USS HORNET arrived back in New York to great acclaim despite the fact that the war was over.
	www.ship-modelers-assn.org /fam0303.htm (890 words)

	USS Essex
		She participated in the successful attack on the town of Derne on 27 April 1805 and remained in these waters until the conclusion of peace terms in 1806.
		Returning to the Washington Navy Yard in July, she was placed in ordinary until February 1809 when she was recommissioned for sporadic use in patrolling American waters and a single cruise to Europe.
		USS Essex, a thirty-two gun frigate built in 1799 by the merchants of Salem, was known around the world for her speed and graceful lines, achieving a brilliant series of dramatic firsts for the young American Navy.
	members.cox.net /shipkiller/data/frigate/essex_frigate.html (6432 words)

	Detailed History
		He was transferred to the USS PEACOCK in October 1840, and continued with the expedition, surveying in the Pacific and on the North American coast in the vicinity of Puget Sound.
		On 18 July 1841 the PEACOCK was wrecked in the mouth of the Columbia River, and Lieutenant DeHaven finished the cruise of the expedition in the OREGON.
		At 1805 that day she received word that the BRUSH had hit a mine, and proceeded to her assistance at high speed.
	www.ussdehaven.org /history_detail.htm (4134 words)

	USS President
		She cruised in the Mediterranean in 1804 and 1805, participating in the actions against Tripoli.
		Her damage proved to be so severe that the sloop was sold out of service later in 1811.
		In this instance, Capt. Rodgers does not say he made himself known, even when he was asked; and this neglect to make such a communication finds no apology from the sloop refusing to answer the frigate's first question; because the sloop had every reason to suppose her an enemy.
	members.cox.net /shipkiller/data/frigate/president_frigate.html (3912 words)

	The Mariners' Museum : Birth of the U.S. Navy
		Jefferson had long disagreed with the policy of paying tribute and argued that it would be cheaper to build a navy than give in to the sultans' ever-increasing demands.
		The USS Enterprise attacks and captures the corsair Tripoli.
		On June 4, 1805, he accepted the last American offer of $60,000 for the release of the American prisoners and approved a new treaty that did not require tribute payments.
	www.mariner.org /usnavy/06/06a.htm (2015 words)

	Tanknet > USS Hornet (1805 Brig - Sloop) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		I am trying to do a bit of research on the USS Hornet, the brig which was built in 1805.
		The Hornet was built in 1805 as a brig, but she lacked stability.
		She was bebuit and rerigged as a ship in 1811-1812 with added planking and a less lofty ship rig (in a ship, the fore and main masts are shorter than in a brig of comparable size giving more stability).
	www.tank-net.org /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t9598.html (799 words)

	<<Back
		The first USS Enterprise, a British supply sloop, was captured in May 1775 at St. Johns, Quebec, Canada, by Colonel B. Arnold, named Enterprise, and armed for use on Lake Champlain.
		The fifth Enterprise, a bark-rigged screw sloop-of war, was launched 13 June 1874 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, by John W. Griffith, a private contractor; and commissioned 16 March 1877, Commander G. Remey in command.
		Despite serious damage, she continued in action and took on board a large number of planes from Hornet when that carrier had to be abandoned.
	ourworld.cs.com /gordon0112662/history.htm (4205 words)

	History Corner
		Jun 8 USS LIBERTY, a merchant freighter converted to a communications intelligence platform, was attacked by Israeli aircraft and torpedo boats in international waters during the six-day Arab-Israeli War.
		Aug 2 USS MADDOX was attacked by North Vietnamese motor torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin.
		USS HORNET was sunk and the battleship USS SOUTH DAKOTA damaged during battle which safeguarded American forces on Guadalcanal.
	www.hiltonheadweb.com /history_corner.htm (6942 words)

	ndex, list of blueprints
		USS Sterett (TBD-27)(DD-27, July 17, 1920), was built by the Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, Massachusetts and commissioned on December 15, 1910.
		Each year until 1913, she operated along the east coast out of Boston from April to December; and, from January to April, participated in training and battle exercises out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
		On June 28, she was sold for scrapping to M. Black and Co. of Norfolk, Virginia.
	www.marylandsilver.com /indexlist.htm (940 words)

	Signature House, the Premier Auction House for Fine Autographs and Collectibles
		Sloop 'Phantom' $40" is not correctly noted; "Orders for passing over a turnpike bridge or ferry" incorrectly reported, etc. Boldly penned.
		Lieutenant Commander of the USS Cyane in the Pacific Squadron.
		As commander of the USS Kearsarge, he was victor in the famed battle with the Confederate raider Alabama commanded by Raphael Semmes, which was sunk off Cherbourg in 1864.
	www.signaturehouse.net /auctions/auction24/text/05-civilwar.htm (11705 words)

	Netstuff\Tropics\shipsV
		On the morning of October 21, 1805, Nelson put his plan into operation at Trafalgar with only a lazy one or two-knot breeze - before the days of steam, sailing vessels were at the mercy of the wind's whims.
		She returned to the Mediterranean in 1804 and in 1805 took partin the attack on Derna.
		She was to be one of a squadron, with the Constitution and the sloop Hornet, under Commodore William Bainbridge, to raid British shipping in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
	www.geocities.com /TheTropics/Shores/1258/shipsv.html (7514 words)

	The Enterprise History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		B-25 bombers from the USS Hornet bomb the Japanese capital.
		Planes from the USS Enterprise, the USS Essex (CV-9), the USS Intrepid (CV-11), USS Cabot (CVL-28), and USS Franklin (CV-13) sink the battleship Musashi.
		He was a crew member on the USS Bainbridge, so he probably has good reason to know.
	www.bravofleet.com /bravofleet/Enterprise-History.html (4176 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		"USS England (CG 22)" Not the first ENGLAND, there was a WW2 corvette before her and she was named for a person and not the kingdom.
		"USS General Sterling Price (1856)" A commandeered river boat hastily timbered over and armed, during the ACW she was used by the Union, captured and used by the Confederacy, and then captured and reused by the Union!
		He got a sub for the same reason Stennis got a carrier; "How big a check do you need admiral?" The RIVERS is a one-off vessel, she had no reduction gears and relied on a very long turbine as a result.
	lists.travellerrpg.com /pipermail/tml2004/2004-April.txt (18642 words)

	Decades History Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Pike led two expeditions from 1805 to 1807, one in the upper Mississippi region of the Louisiana Purchase and the second in what is now New Mexico and Colorado.
		As a brigadier general, Pike was killed, when a powder magazine exploded as he led the assault on York, then capital of upper Canada.
		Captain David Porter of the U.S. Navy sailed the USS Essex into the Galapagos Archipelago after a six month journey around Cape Horn, eager to find a way to help his country in their powder-keg relations with Great Britain.
	www.decades.com /ByDecade/1810-1819/5.htm (1062 words)

	Marine Corps Times
		Airmen had to wait 13 years for their service to have its own version of the Medal of Honor, and 13 airmen have received the award since it was created.
		A fast sailer of its class, the sloop mounted 16 32-pound carronade cannons, two long 12s and two small brass cannons in its tops.
		USS Ward veterans remember start of World War II HONOLULU — Veterans of the U.S. boat that destroyed a Japanese submarine off the Oahu coast on Dec. 7, 1941 met at Pearl Harbor on Saturday to revisit the day when the first shot of the Pacific war was fired.
	www.marinetimes.com /channel.php?GQID=292308 (6044 words)

	combatindex.com - US Sea Systems: CVN 65 (USS ENTERPRISE)
		As the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) adopted the nickname, confident that it is living up to the traditions of the service and duty the Big "E" symbolizes.
		A bottle of champagne shattered on the bow of the awesome new warship, USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), breaking the silence of an anxious crowd at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Va. It was Sunday morning, Sept. 24, 1960, when Mrs.
		William B. Franke, wife of the former Secretary of the Navy, christened the eighth USS ENTERPRISE, bringing to life the longest, tallest and mightiest warship to ever sail the seas.
	www.combatindex.com /hardware/detail/sea/cvn65_detail.html (5424 words)

	[No title]
		In 1805, at the age of twenty, Perry became a lieutenant, and was given the command of the 14 gun vessel, Revenge, and cruised the northern and mid-Atlentic waters of the eastern United States.
		During the War of 1812, Lawrence commanded the U.S.S. Hornet, which captured the H.M.S. Peacock, and was promoted to Captain as a result.
		In 1805 or 1806, McDonough was appointed a lieutenant of the Enterprise.
	www.mindspring.com /~mchs/herald/streets.htm (4664 words)

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