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	USS Macedonian: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about USS Macedonian
		The USS Macedonian was a United States Navy 38-gun sailing frigate, originally the HMS Macedonian of the Royal Navy, captured by Stephen Decatur in the War of 1812.
		Macedonian (sometimes spelled Macendonian) was built in Great Britain in September 1810, captured off the Canary Islands by 44-gun frigate United States, Commodore Stephen Decatur in command, 25 October 1812, arrived in Newport, Rhode Island, as a prize 4 December 1812, and taken into service by April 1813, Captain Jacob Jones[?] in command.
		Macedonian was assigned to the West Indies Squadron[?] to cruise in the West Indies and along the west coast of Africa from 1839 to 1847 as a continuing deterrent to Caribbean pirates.
	www.encyclopedian.com /us/USS-Macedonian.html (964 words)

	USS Macedonian (1810) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first USS Macedonian was a United States Navy 38-gun sailing frigate, originally the HMS Macedonian of the Royal Navy, captured by Stephen Decatur in the War of 1812.
		Macedonian (sometimes spelled Macendonian) was built in Britain in September 1810, captured off the Canary Islands by 44-gun frigate United States, Commodore Stephen Decatur in command, 25 October 1812, arrived in Newport, Rhode Island, as a prize 4 December 1812, and taken into service by April 1813, Captain Jacob Jones in command.
		Macedonian made one futile attempt with United States and sloop Hornet to break the British blockade by way of Hell Gate, New York, 24 May 1813.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Macedonian_(1810) (347 words)

	DANFS - USS Macedonian
		Macedonian made one futile attempt with United States and sloop Hornet to break the British blockade by way of Hell Gate, N.Y., 24 May 1813.
		The second Macedonian, a 36-gun frigate, was rebuilt from the keel of the first Macedonian at Gosport (later Norfolk) Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Va., beginning in 1832; and was launched and placed in service in 1836, Capt. Thomas ap C. Jones in command.
		Macedonian was assigned to the West India Squadron to cruise in the West Indies and along the west coast of Africa from 1839 to 1847 as a continuing deterrent to Carribean pirates.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/m/macedonian.htm (797 words)

	USS United States (frigate): Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about USS United States (frigate)
		The first USS United States, one of six frigates authorized by Congress on 27 March 1794, was designed by naval architect Joshua Humphreys[?] and Captain Thomas Truxtun[?].
		While she was at Norfolk, Captain John S. Carden of the Royal Navy, commander of the new British frigate HMS Macedonian, wagered Captain Decatur a beaver hat that his vessel would take United States if the two should ever meet in battle.
		Macedonian was subsequently purchased by the United States Navy, repaired, and had a long and honorable career under the American flag.
	www.encyclopedian.com /us/USS-United-States-(frigate).html (2736 words)

	Encyclopedia: USS Macedonian (1810)
		The first USS Constellation, a 38-gun frigate, was the first ship to be commissioned in the United States Navy; the first US Navy vessel to put to sea; and the first US Navy vessel to engage, defeat, and capture an enemy vessel.
		The first USS Guerriere was the first frigate built in the United States since 1801.
		USS Epervier was a sloop in the United States Navy during the Second Barbary War.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/USS-Macedonian-%281810%29 (1316 words)

	Virtual Macedonia Bookstore :: Chronicles of the Frigate Macedonian, 1809-1922 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Comment: The USS Macedonean (originally HMS) is largely forgotten today, but her legacy is intertwined with the early days and wellfare of the young American republic.
		She was the first English warship to be captured by the American Navy, and was instrumental to putting an end to the Barbary pirates, and even had a hand in the reopening of Japan to the world.
		As a result, the Macedonian was there for over 100 years' worth of some of the US's most fascinating history, and captained by some of the most colorful officers in the United States Navy.
	bookstore.vmacedonia.net /0393320243/Chronicles_of_the_Frigate_Macedonian__1809_1922.html (820 words)

	Chronicles of the Frigate Macedonian, 1809-1922: Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		His Majesty's Frigate Macedonian was launched at Woolwich in 1810, at the height of the wars against Napoleon; its remains, refashioned as a seaside hotel, burned in the Bronx in 1922.
		The history of this one ship, recommissioned USS Macedonianafter its capture from the British in the War of 1812, is an engrossing tale filled with battles, chases, near mutiny, and an engaging cast of commanders.
		The USS Macedonean (originally HMS) is largely forgotten today, but her legacy is intertwined with the early days and wellfare of the young American republic.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /books-plain/0393320243.html (1198 words)

	HMS Macedonian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The HMS Macedonian, a 38-gun sailing frigate, was builtat Woolwich, England, in 1809, launched 2 June 1810, and commissioned soon thereafter, Lord William FitzRoy in command.
		In January 1812, Macedonian was ordered to secretly deliver some bills ofexchange to Norfolk, Virginia, and to bring back an equivalentquantity of gold and silver specie, as part of a scheme to keep the Bank of England solvent.
		Unfortunately for Macedonian, the United States was one of the new 44-gun frigates, and her broadside was864 pounds of metal, vs Macedonian's 528 pounds.
	www.therfcc.org /hms-macedonian-178201.html (522 words)

	USS United States (1797) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The first USS United States was a (A United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser) frigate in the (The navy of the United States of America; maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces) United States Navy in 1797.
		For his part, Decatur intended to engage Macedonian from fairly long range, where his 24 pounders (11 kg) would have the advantage over the 18 pounders (8 kg) of the British, and then move in for the kill.
		Macedonian was subsequently purchased by the (The navy of the United States of America; maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces) United States Navy, repaired, and had a long and honorable career under the American flag.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/us/uss_united_states_(1797)2.htm (3151 words)

	Station Information - HMS Macedonian
		The HMS Macedonian, a 38-gun sailing frigate, was built at Woolwich, England, in 1809, launched 2 June 1810, and commissioned soon thereafter, Lord William FitzRoy in command.
		The USA had just declared the War of 1812 on Great Britain, and both captains were eager to achieve personal glory in a fight.
		The US took Macedonian into the Navy immediately, retaining the name; see USS Macedonian for the further history of this ship.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/h/hm/hms_macedonian.html (534 words)

	USS Macedonian
		His opponent was the United States, built with the scantlings of a 74-gun ship and armed with thirty long 24-pounders on her main deck and twenty-two 42- pounder carronades and two long 24-pounders on her quarter-deck and forecastle.
		At a muster on the 28th it was determined that Macedonian had lost 36 killed, 36 severely wounded, many of whom were unlikely to recover, and 32 slightly wounded.
		On 11 June 1826 Macedonian departed Norfolk for service on the Pacific station, returning to Hampton Roads, Va., 30 October 1828 where she was decommissioned.
	members.cox.net /shipkiller/data/frigate/macedonian_frigate.html (1192 words)

	USS Macedonian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Macedonian.
		The first USS Macedonian (1810) was a 38-gun sailing frigate, originally HMS Macedonian of the Royal Navy, captured by Stephen Decatur in the War of 1812.
		The second USS Macedonian (1836) was rebuilt from the keel of the first Macedonian and placed in service in 1836
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Macedonian (141 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - HMS Macedonian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		HMS Macedonian has the distinction of being the only British warship captured and returned to an American port during the War of more powerful USS United States (44 guns) about 500 miles south of the Azores.
		Purchased by the government and commissioned as USS Macedonian, in May 1813 she slipped out of New York with United States and the sloop Hornet; but the three ships were forced into New London, where they remained until war's end.
		Under Captain John Downes (first mate of USS Essex in 1813), she ranged as far north as Acapulco, protecting U.S. commerce in South America during a period of widespread revolt against Spanish rule led on the naval side by Chile's Scottish-born Admiral Lord Cochrane.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_057400_hmsmacedonia.htm (348 words)

	New York Press
		In USS Guerriere, Levy was court-martialed on Feb. 12, 1819, for his language in rebuking another officer and sentenced to be dismissed from the service.
		In USS Spark, he was court-martialed on June 8, 1821, for calling another officer "a great many unsavory names." This time he was sentenced to reprimand by his commanding officer.
		The sloop barely floated and its officers and crew were a congregation of thieves, misfits and drunkards.
	www.nypress.com /print.cfm?content_id=2618 (1714 words)

	War of 1812 American ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		United States was the first American warship to be launched under the naval provisions of the United States Constitution, four months before the launching of her sister ship USS Constellation (1797) at Baltimore, Maryland, and five and one-half months before that of USS Constitution at Boston, Massachusetts.
		United States, the frigate Congress, and the brig USS Argus (1803) joined Commodore John Rodgers (naval officer, War of 1812) squadron at New York City and put to sea immediately, cruising off the east coast until the end of August.
		After repairs, United States accompanied by USS Macedonian (1812) and the sloop USS Hornet (1805) sailed from New York on 24 May 1813.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /War-of-1812-American-ships (2863 words)

	The Mariners' Museum : Birth of the U.S. Navy
		But such was not the case, and after only ninety minutes of pounding, the Macedonian struck her colors and became a prize of the United States.
		The independent cruises taken by the American frigates proved to be the most successful use of American sea power in the War of 1812.
		USS Essex battles the HMS Phoebe and Cherub at Valparaiso, Chile.
	www.mariner.org /usnavy/09/09b.htm (2008 words)

	USS United States (1797) - Biocrawler definition:USS United States (1797) - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The first USS United States was a frigate in the United States Navy in 1797.
		United States was the first of six frigates completed under authority of the Naval Act of 1794 passed by Congress on 27 March 1794, and was designed by naval architect Joshua Humphreys and Captain Thomas Truxtun.
		On 10 June 1810 the frigate, now under the command of Captain Stephen Decatur, Jr., who had been a midshipman aboard her first cruise, sailed to Norfolk, Virginia, for refitting.
	www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/USS_United_States_(1797) (2909 words)

	The Jewish Commodore
		In U.S.S. Guerriere, Levy was court-martialed on February 12, 1819 for his language in rebuking another officer and sentenced to be dismissed from the service.
		The sloop barely floated and her officers and crew were a congregation of thieves, misfits, and drunkards.
		The American fleet and frigates from Russia and Sardinia boomed out a thirteen-gun salute in the harbor at La Spezia as the pennant bearing a single star ran up the main mast of his flagship, USS Macedonian.
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	Usn Veterans Burial Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Buried at Proprietors' Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H. Francis Briggs, Quartermaster, USS Dale, was born in Dover, Massachusetts, and enlisted July 15, 1861, at Portsmouth, as Seaman.
		John Mills Browne, Surgeon, USS Kearsarge was born in Hinsdale, New Hampshire, and appointed Assistant Surgeon in the navy on March 26, 1853, aged 29.
		Thomas Addison Knowlton, USS Wabash, was born in Rockport, Massachusetts, and died at the age of 102, at Ashland, Massachusetts, on February 14, 1940.
	hub.dataline.net.au /~tfoen/burials.html (16947 words)

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	www.askmytutor.co.uk /l/li/list_of_ships_of_the_united_states_navy.html (433 words)

	USS Macedonian -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		USS Macedonian -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Two ships in the (The navy of the United States of America; maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces) United States Navy have been named USS Macedonian.
		The second (Click link for more info and facts about USS Macedonian (1836)) USS Macedonian (1836) was rebuilt from the keel of the first Macedonian and placed in service in 1836
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/US/USS_Macedonian2.htm (67 words)

	USS Macedonian
		The name refers to any native or inhabitant of ancient Macedonia, comprising what is now northern Greece and parts of Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, but especially to Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia from 365 to 323 B.C. The second Macedonian, a 36-gun frigate, was named for the first.
		The next 3 years Macedonian patrolled there and off the Fast Coast.
		She decommisioned in 1828 and was broken up at the Norfolk Navy Yard.
	www.navyhistory.com /frigate/macedonian.html (271 words)

	War of 1812 : Naval Duels : The Napoleonic Guide :
		The American's sails and masts, however, had been so badly damaged it was unable to sail away from an arriving British 74-gunner and it was forced to surrender.
		Bombarding from long range, the United States pulverised the enemy ship and forced it to surrender.
		To add insult to British injury, the Macedonian was repaired, reflagged and fought again - this time for America.
	www.napoleonguide.com /1812_duels.htm (513 words)

	ipedia.com: History of the Middle East Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		From about 500 BC onward, several empires dominated the region, beginning with the Persian Empire that ruled much of Mesopotamia, Syria and Persia itself, until it was defeated by the Macedonian king Alexander the Great, who conquered the Empire in the 4th century BC.
		This led to the spread of Greek language and culture, and Greek-speaking dynasties, such as the Seleucids in Syria and the Ptolemies in Egypt, ruled the region for the next 200 years.
		After fighting against the Soviets in Afghanistan, he formed the al-Qaida organization, which is held responsible by the U.S. for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings, the USS Cole bombing and the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
	www.ipedia.com /history_of_the_middle_east.html (4530 words)

	Ship Modelers Association - Famous Ships
		Unfortunately for the British, the main claim for the HMS MACEDONIAN in history is the fact that she was not only captured by the USS UNITED STATES but also has the distinction of being the only British warship that also returned to an American port during the War of 1812.
		HMS MACEDONIAN boar down to the attack in a heedless and confident manner, at which point the USS UNITED STATES opened fire from her long 24’s; almost every shot which struck the hull or masts of the attacking ship.
		She was relieved by the USS CONSTELLATION and returned to the Atlantic seaboard in 1821.
	www.ship-modelers-assn.org /fam0209.htm (2700 words)

	Hendershott Museum Consultants Product Detail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Manuscript journal written by Palmer which he kept onboard the USS Macedonian during their Mediterranean cruise.
		Manuscript music hand written and drawn by Surgeon James C. Palmer during the USS Peacock's exploring expedition to the North Pacific.
		He goes on to discuss his meeting with Admiral Farrugut onboard his flagship, the USS Hartford, on how they buried the dead by pushing their bodies overboard.
	www.garyhendershott.com /productdetail.cfm?Key=1512 (526 words)

	PEO Ships - October 2004 News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		ABOARD USS CROMMELIN, At Sea (NNS) -- The guided-missile frigate USS Crommelin (FFG 37) and her embarked Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment intercepted a drug smuggling vessel off the coast of Mexico Oct. 16.
		ABOARD USS HOPPER, At Sea (NNS) -- USS Hopper (DDG 70) had the rare opportunity to visit the East African nation of Eritrea Oct. 7-9 while deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), becoming the first U.S. Navy ship to have a port of call in Masawa, Eritrea, since 1997.
		GAETA, Italy (NNS) -- Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) are participating in a multilateral naval exercise in the Adriatic Sea with forces from Albania, Croatia and Macedonia Oct. 3-15.
	peoships.crane.navy.mil /news/newsoct04.htm (1077 words)

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