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	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 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.
		In 1852 Macedonian docked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to be razeed and converted to a sloop-of-war for the expedition to Japan, 1852 to 1854.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Macedonian.html (933 words)

	HMS Macedonian - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		HMS Macedonian was a 38-gun sailing frigate in the Royal Navy, later captured by the United States during the War of 1812.
		Macedonian was built at Woolwich Dockyards, England, in 1809, launched on 2 June 1810, and commissioned soon thereafter, Lord William FitzRoy in command.
		USS Constitution had previously beaten HMS Guerriere, but it was too badly damaged to save; while Decatur's capture of a seaworthy warship was a sizeable and welcome addition to the then-tiny US Navy.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/HMS_Macedonian (679 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 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.
		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.
	members.cox.net /shipkiller/data/frigate/macedonian_frigate.html (1192 words)

	USS United States
		On 10 June 1810, the frigate, now under the command of Capt. Steven Decatur, Jr., one of the midshipmen on her first cruise, sailed to Norfolk, Va., for refitting.
		Macedonian was subsequently purchased by the Navy, repaired, and had a long and honorable career under the American flag.
		On her arrival at New York, the Macedonian, was of course purchased by the American government, and, being a nearly new frigate, became a great acquisition to the republican navy.
	members.cox.net /shipkiller/data/frigate/unitedstates_frigate.html (9399 words)

	HMS Macedonian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Complement: 306 officers and men HMS Macedonian was a 38-gun sailing frigate in the Royal Navy, later captured by the United States during the War of 1812.
		Macedonian was built at Woolwich, England, in 1809, launched on 2 June 1810, and commissioned soon thereafter, Lord William FitzRoy in command.
		In January 1812, Macedonian was ordered to secretly deliver some bills of exchange to Norfolk, Virginia, and to bring back an equivalent quantity of gold and silver currency, as part of a scheme to keep the Bank of England solvent.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Royal-Navy-frigates/HMS-Macedonian.html (550 words)

	1800_1810 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Captain Stephen Decatur, commanding the USS United States, had dismasted the 35-gun Macedonian off the Canary Islands and, after spending two weeks restoring the prize to sailing condition, brought her back to New York after a return voyage of nearly 4,000 miles.
		1810 Mar 11, Emperor Napoleon of France was married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.
		1810 In Germany construction of the first brew kettle at the Hallerbräustadel, the "factory," as it is called in the books, that Gabriel Sedlmayr leased in 1808 at the west end of the Neuhauserstraße.
	www.shelbyjackman.com /school/timeline/1800_1810.HTML (14434 words)

	USS United States (1797) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		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.
		The two ships quickly set a course for Boston where they were to add the newly purchased 20-gun ship USS Herald (1798) and the revenue cutter USS Pickering (1798) to their little fleet.
		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 /Quasi-War-American-ships/USS-United-States-(1797).html (2855 words)

	Heart of Texas Marine Corps League
		The American frigate USS Essex, under the command of Captain David Porter, went on to the Pacific, in an attempt to harrass British shipping.
		On June 1, 1813, the frigate USS Chesapeake was captured by the British frigate HMS Shannon, a vessel of equal size, as it attempted to leave Boston Harbor, and this somewhat counterbalanced the moral effect of previous disasters.
		A single instance of the audacity of the American cruisers was the capture of the American sloop USS Argus by the more heavily armed British sloop HMS Pelican at St David's Head in Wales on August 14, 1813.
	www.hotmcl.org /OV1812.html (3616 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.
		On 11 June 1826 Macedonian departed Norfolk for service on the Pacific station, returning to Hampton Roads, Va., 30 October 1828.
		She decommisioned in 1828 and was broken up at the Norfolk Navy Yard.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/frigate/macedonian.html (271 words)

	USS United States (1797)
		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.
		She was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was launched there on 10 May 1797.
		On 10 June 1810 the frigate, now under the command of Captain Steven Decatur, Jr., who had been a midshipman aboard her first cruise, sailed to Norfolk, Virginia, for refitting.
	www.fact-index.com /u/us/uss_united_states__1797_.html (2716 words)

	The New York Public Library
		Logbook of USS Guerriere and abstract of the log of USS Brandywine.
		Collection consists of Diggins's recollections of the cruise of USS Hartford, Admiral David Farragut's flagship in the naval operations on the Mississippi River, in Mobile Bay, Alabama, and New Orleans, Louisiana, during the Civil War.
		USS Passaic was an ironclad steamer in the service of the U.S. Navy during the Civil War.
	www.history.navy.mil /sources/ny/nyp.htm (1737 words)

	References - Samuel Leech
		Leechs nautical career began in 1810, at the age of thirteen, when William FitzRoy agreed to take Samuel into his frigate HMS Macedonian, as a favor to Fitzroys sister, the Duchess of Marlborough, Leech being the son of one of her servants.
		He was a powder monkey during Macedonians duel with the USS United States in 1812, and would later vividly describe the carnage on board the British ship before she struck her colors.
		Many years later he revisited USS Macedonian, now a US ship, when it was in port in New York (probably 1840), and reminisced with the sailors there.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Abante5993/samuel-leech-references.html (326 words)

	Amazon.com: Chronicles of the Frigate Macedonian: 1809-1922: Books: James T. De Kay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		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.
		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.
		The defeat and capture of the Macedonian was so grand and uplifting to the U.S. Navy and the American people that it remained in service and was kept as a reminder of our strength for about 100 years.
	www.amazon.com /Chronicles-Frigate-Macedonian-James-Kay/dp/0393038041 (1676 words)

	War of 1812 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		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.
		On June 1, 1813, the frigate USS Chesapeake was captured, as it attempted to leave Boston Harbor, by the British frigate HMS Shannon.
		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.
	war-of-1812.iqnaut.net (3865 words)

	USS Macedonian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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
		This is a list of ships with the same or similar names.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Macedonian (129 words)

	USS United States (1797)
		The first USS United States was a frigate in the United States Navy in17971797.
		For his part, Decatur intended to engage Macedonian from fairly long range, where his 24-pounders would have the advantage over the 18-pounders (8 kg) of the British, and then move in for the kill.
		See USS United States for other ships of this name.
	knowledgefun.com /book/u/us/uss_united_states__1797_.html (2755 words)

	War of 1812 - Search View - ninemsn Encarta
		Relations between the two nations reached breaking point in 1807 when the British frigate Leopard fired on the USS Chesapeake in American territorial waters and removed, and later executed, four crewmen.
		After the incident, Thomas Jefferson ordered British warships to leave American waters and demanded an end to the practice of impressment.
		This measure was eventually overturned in 1810 by Macon’s Bill No. 2, which reopened American commerce with all nations.
	au.encarta.msn.com /text_761571913__1/War_of_1812.html (3111 words)

	Diphy - Digital Philately - View Stamp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In the War of 1812, when only 12 years old, he was given command of a prize ship taken by USS Essex and brought her safely to port.
		In command of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, with his flag in USS Hartford, in April 1862 he ran past Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip and the Chalmette, Louisiana, batteries to take the city and port of New Orleans, Louisiana, on April 29 that year, a decisive event in the war.
		According to legend, Farragut (who was lashed to the rigging of his flagship the USS Hartford) shouted down the order, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" The bulk of the fleet succeeded in entering the bay.
	www.diphy.com /stamp/US1995.054 (1319 words)

	Commanders of the USS Constitution
		Commanded USS Argus during Barbary War, for which he received a Congressional silver medal.
		Commanded USS Experiment in the Quasi-War with France, and then Siren during the Barbary War, earning a Congressional silver medal.
		Commander Augustus Paul Cooke (19-26 September 1871), Naval Academy Class of 1856, was in charge of the tow of Constitution from the Academy to Philadelphia Navy Yard.
	www.polkcounty.org /timonier/commanders/commanders.htm (3092 words)

	HMS Macedonian \| THG Lexikon
		Juni 1810 vom Stapel und wurde kurz darauf in Dienst gestellt.
		Zwar hatte bereits die USS Constitution die britische Fregate HMS Guerriere besiegt, doch war diese zu stark beschädigt gewesen, um in einen Hafen gebracht zu werden.
		Macedonian wurde unter Beibehaltung des alten Namens in die US Navy übernommen und 1828 abgewrackt.
	www.tomshardware.de /lexikon/HMS_Macedonian (580 words)

	Borderlands of Historical Fiction
		It was converted to a troopship in spring of 1811, and (during the period in which it was supposedly under Aubrey's command) served at Leith, and during 1812 to 1813 in the Mediterranean, and around the Iberian peninsula.
		He starts The Raider with Favian Markham as the first lieutenant of the USS United States, during the period in which the 44-gun frigate captures the Macedonian.
		In actuality, the real Macedonian was never used during the War of 1812, scrapped near the end of the war, and replaced by a 38-gun frigate of the same name that survived until the early years of this century.
	www.boat-links.com /books/Lardas/Lardas06.html (1158 words)

	This Day In Military History... - Page 88 - Armchair General Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		USS Dace sinks heavy cruiser IJN Maya, 09Â°28'N, 117Â°20'E, while USS Darter sinks heavy cruiser IJN Atago and damages her sistership IJN Takao, 09Â°24'N, 117Â°11'E. 1944 Destroyer escort USS Gilligan bombards Emidj Island, Jaluit Atoll.
		USS Birmingham suffers the greatest destruction because she is alongside the carrier when the latter's magazines explode.
		USS Suwannee is damaged by kamikazes, 09Â°45'N, 126Â°42'E, and USS Santee by suicide plane and Japanese submarine I-56, 09Â°45'N, 126Â°20'E. Kamikazes near-miss USS Sangamon, 09Â°45'N, 126Â°42'E, and USS Petrof Bay.
	www.armchairgeneral.com /forums/showthread.php?p=583381 (8757 words)

	General Information - Commodore Perry - 1852-4 - Japan Expedition - Lithographs
		On the 4th of May the Lexington was dispatched to Okinawa and on the 6th of May the Macedonian (having returned from Peel Island), Vandalia and Southampton were sent as an advance party to Hakodate.
		The USS Mississippi was part of the surrender ceremony fleet.
		During the battle of Okinawa the USS Mississippi (BB-41/AG-128) participated in the naval bombardment of Naha.
	www.baxleystamps.com /litho/ry_litho_main.shtml (15883 words)

	HMS Macedonian
		During the visit, Carden socialized with the notables of Norfolks, including Commodore Stephen Decatur (whom he was soon to meet under much less friendly circumstances), but bungled the mission by inadvertantly revealing what was planned, and had to return to Lisbon emptyhanded.
		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.fact-index.com /h/hm/hms_macedonian.html (548 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)

	1301 Unit III Rep. ascdncy (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Matters came to a head in August, 1807, when HMS Leopard, after a skirmish which killed three American sailors, impressed four seamen from the USS Chesapeake, a lightly-manned navy frigate which was on a shakedown cruise after a refit.
		Napoleon announced late in 1810 that he would revoke the Berlin and Milan decrees if the U.S. would meet a certain set of conditions.
		In the elections of 1810, a crop of new, young Republicans from the South and West got elected to Congress and soon began influencing U.S. policy.
	socialscience.wc.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /hist1301/1301supplements/1301Unit3RepAscdncy.html (11146 words)

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