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Topic: USS Peacock (1813)

	USS Peacock
		Peacock departed that port 4 June on her second cruise; proceeding to the Grand Banks and along the coasts of Ireland and Spain, she returned, via the West Indies, to New York.
		The guns were soon replaced; and, having, when she got abaft the beam of her opponent, tacked and shortened sail, the Epervier received the broadside of the Peacock, as the latter kept away with the wind on the larboard beam.
		Peacock departed New York 23 January 1815 with Hornet and Tom Bowline and rounded the Cape of Good Hope into the Indian Ocean, where she captured 3 valuable prizes.
	members.cox.net /tdshiflett/ships/data/sow/peacock_sow.html (1934 words)

	USS Wasp Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rearmed and refitted she was chartered to the U.S. Navy during the summer of 1813.
		Wasp was returned to her owners in early 1814 and the Lake Champlain battery transferred to the schooner USS Ticonderoga.
		The fifth Wasp was a ship-rigged sloop-of-war constructed in 1813 and commissioned in early 1814.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/u/us/uss_wasp.html (805 words)

	JAG Hit TV Show: Cmdr. Harmon Rabb and Lt. Col. Sarah MacKenzie investigate, prosecute, and defend members of the Navy ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In November of 1944, USS Ellyson was reclassified as DMS 19, a high-speed minesweeper.
		The original USS Thomas Jefferson was a ballistic missile submarine (SSBN 618), commisioned in January of 1963 and finally decommisioned in January of 1985.
		The first USS Somers was a schooner that fought under Commodore Ferry on Lake Erie and Lake Huron, and took part in the capture of the British Squadron on 10 September 1813.
	www.jagarchive.com /Miscellaneous/VesselsOfJAG.htm (3045 words)

	War of 1812 at Sea -- USS Hornet sinks HMS Peacock, 24 February 1813
		Artwork depicting Peacock's mainmast collapsing at the close of the engagement.
		Commanding Officer of USS Hornet and USS Chesapeake.
		Engraving of the medal authorized by the United States Congress in honor of Captain Lawrence's 24 February 1813 victory in the action between USS Hornet and HMS Peacock.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/war1812/atsea/hnt-peck.htm (496 words)

	United States of America Congressional Gold Medal Recipient James Lawrence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		USS Chesapeake, a 36-gun frigate of 1244 tons, was built at the Gosport Navy Yard, at Portsmouth, Virginia.
		She was commissioned in early August 1813 and quickly began operations with a voyage to Detroit in search of the opposing British squadron.
		USS Lawrence, first of a two-ship class of 400-ton destroyers built at Weymouth, Massachusetts, was commissioned in April 1903.
	www.congressionalgoldmedal.com /JamesLawrence.htm (2865 words)

	USS Peacock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The first Peacock was authorized by Act of Congrees 3 March 1813; laid down 9 July 1813 by Adam and Noah Brown at the New York Navy Yard; and launched 19 September 1813.
		During the War of 1812, Peacock made 3 cruises Departing New York 12 March 1814, she sailed, with supplies, to the naval station at St. Mary's, Ga. Off Cape Canaveral, Fla. 29 April, she captured her first prize, H.M. brig Epervier, which she sent to Savannah.
		Peacock served in the expedition that broke up a pirate establishment at Funda Bay, 28-30 September, capturmg several schooners.
	www.multied.com /1812/Ghent.htmlhttp://elections.cob-web.org:8888/NAVY/MISC/peacock.html (437 words)

	USS Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group
		The fifth WASP was a ship-rigged sloop-of-war constructed in 1813 and commissioned in early 1814, WASP was put to sea on May1, 1814 for a war cruise to the western approach of the English Channel.
		USS Wasp, a 14,700 ton aircraft carrier, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts.
		USS Wasp, a 27,100-ton Essex class aircraft carrier built at Quincy, Massachusetts, was commissioned on 24 November 1943.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/lhd-1.htm (2046 words)

	HistoryLink Essay: USS Peacock wrecks at the mouth of the Columbia River, giving her name to Peacock Spit, on ...
		USS Peacock wrecks at the mouth of the Columbia River, giving her name to Peacock Spit, on July 18, 1841.
		On July 18, 1841, the 18-gun U.S. Navy sloop USS Peacock wrecks at foot of the promontory marking the north side of the Columbia River's entrance.
		He renamed the brig Oregon, manned her with the Peacock's crew, and went on with Porpoise and Oregon to explore the Columbia as far upriver as the Cascades.
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	This Day in U.S. Military History: 04.05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Citation: With 2 comrades voluntarily took position on board the steamer Cheeseman, in charge of all the guns and ammunition of the battery, and remained in charge of the same, although the steamer became unmanageable and was exposed for some time to a heavy fire from the enemy.
		Citation: For gallant conduct in jumping overboard from the U.S.S. Plymouth, at sea, and rescuing from drowning one of the crew of that vessel on 27 April 1876.
		U.S.S. Daylight, State of Georgia, Chippewa, and Gemsbok heavily bombarded the fort; blockade runners Alliance and Gondar were captured after the fort's surrender.
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		USS Worden was guarding the transport USS Arthur Middleton as that transport put the preliminary Army security unit on the shores of Constantine Harbor Amchitka Island.
		USS Dewey passed a towline to her stricken sister and attempted to tow her free, but the cable parted, and the heavy seas began moving USS Worden totally without power inexorably toward the rocky shore.
		USS Worden, herself, was a total loss 1942 - HMCS Red Deer, a Bangor-class minesweeper, rescued survivors from the British merchantship SS Cyclops, 125 miles south-east of Cape Sable.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/january/12Jan.txt (1469 words)

	Uss Peacock 1813 Secrets - Uss Peacock 1813 Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Proctor defeats Kentucky militia 1813 battle of Guiana February 24 Lawrence's USS hornet sinks HMS peacock 1813 battle of mobile April 15 Wilkinson captures Spanish 1813 battle of york April 27.
		Peacock on February Th 1813, the USS hornet, under captain James Lawrence, engages and destroys the British vessel HMS peacock in just 11 minutes.
		Peacock insisted the fall had been fully offset by a rise in the gross margin at BonmarchE, and said volumes were up sharply in recent weeks.
	www.peacockfeather.info /uss-peacock-1813.html (776 words)

	USS Hornet vs. HMS Peacock
		On February 24, the brig HMS Peacock, commanded by Capt. William Peake, was cruising off the northern coast of South America.
		The Peacock was then on the weather quarter of the Hornet.
		Lawrence sent a relief party to his aid, but Peacock sank so fast that 3 of the Americans and 13 of her own crew went down with the ship.
	www.mywarof1812.com /battles/130224.htm (222 words)

	History of Nova Scotia; Book.2; Part 5; Ch. 10. "The Guerrière and the Constitution." (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Then there was the encounter between HMS Peacock and the USS Hornet towards the end of February, 1813.
		The Peacock then wore round under the stern of the Hornet, and engaged her to leeward; but, after receiving the Peacock's broadside, the Hornet bore up and ran her on board on the starboard quarter.
		Admiral Mahan wrote, the "capture of the Peacock was the last of five naval duels, three between frigates and two between sloops, all favorable in issue to the United States..."22 Things were due for a change.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/NovaScotiaBk2/Part5/Ch10.htm (1970 words)

	USS Hornet - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		She fought in the War of 1812 under command of James Lawrence, who gave the Navy their famous motto "don't give up the ship." She captured the privateer Dolphin on 9 July,1812 although the ship was recaptured again shortly afterwards.
		Hornet assisted in the blockade of HMS Bonne Citoyenne in the harbor at Salvador, Brazil and sank HMS Peacock (18) on 24 February, 1813.
		The fourth Hornet was a five gun schooner used as a dispatch vessel between 1813 and 1820.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/USS_Hornet (560 words)

	The Mariners' Museum : Birth of the U.S. Navy
		USS Essex battles the HMS Phoebe and Cherub at Valparaiso, Chile.
		Between March and September 1813, Porter captured or destroyed fourteen vessels and broke the British whaling fleet along the west coast of South America.
		Perhaps the greatest defeat of the American navy in the War of 1812 was the action between the Chesapeake and the Shannon, fought off Boston in the summer of 1813.
	www.mariner.org /usnavy/09/09b.htm (2008 words)

	List of battles 1801-1900
		1813 Battle of Bautzen May 20-21 - Napoleon again defeats Wittgenstein, who is only able to escape due to Ney's incompetence.
		1813 Battle of the Thames October 5 - American troops under Harrison defeat the British and Indians under General Henry Proctor.
		1813 Battle of Leipzig Oct. 16-19 - (Battle of the Nations) Napoleon's army is decisively defeated by the allies in Germany
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/li/List_of_battles_1801-1900.html (4549 words)

	Index, list of Blueprints and excerpts
		Master Commandant William Henry Allen, (October 21, 1784-August 18, 1813), naval officer, born in Providence, Rhode Island, was the son of General William Allen of Revolutionary distinction, his mother being Sarah, a sister of William Jones, at one time governor of Rhode Island.
		Crawford, the newly appointed American minister to France, on board; and, having landed his passenger safely at l'Orient, proceeded on a cruise, the object of which was the difficult one of harrying British commerce in the Irish Channel.
		After these successes, on August 14, 1813 Argus fell in with the British brig Pelican, 21 guns, a short and sharp fight resulting, during the first few minutes of which Captain Allen's leg was carried off by a round shot.
	www.marylandsilver.com /iiindex.htm (1465 words)

	USS President vs. HMS Endymion
		The British squadron blockading the New York port consisted of the 56 gun razee, HMS Majestic, commanded by Capt. Hayes, the 24-pounder frigate HMS Endymion, commanded by Capt. Hope, the 18-pounder frigate HMS Pomone, commanded by Capt. Lumly, and the 18-pounder frigate HMS Tenedos, commanded by Capt. Parker.
		In January 1815, the U.S.S. President, commanded by Commodore Decatur, made it's way out to sea in a snowstorm, leaving orders for the sloops USS Peacock and USS Hornet to rendezvous with the USS President in the south Atlantic.
		Unfortunately, the President was loaded with supplies for a long voyage to the East Indies, and not far out of port she struck a bar and was laid up for at least an hour and a half.
	www.mywarof1812.com /battles/150114.htm (680 words)

	History of Nova Scotia; Book.2; Part 5; Ch. 11. "The Shannon and the Chesapeake," Part 1." (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The USS Chesapeake, which was then refitting in Boston, came out, her captain interested in single ship combat, the Shannon had sent her traveling companion, the 38 gun, HMS Tenedos away, over the horizon.
		By 1813, this niggardliness was corrected by the admiralty, or Broke found a way to load up on powder and shot sufficient to keep his gun crews practising most everyday.
		Aboard the fighting sail ships were cannon lined up on the gun decks side by side with their muzzles ready to be stuck through a port hole built especially for them.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/NovaScotiaBk2/Part5/Ch11.htm (3263 words)

	uss chesapeake, war of 1812 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On June 1st, 1813, the freshly built USS "Chesapeake" led by Captain Lawrence, along with an inexperienced crew, battled the HMS "Shannon" "Shannon was a 52-gun frigate that clearly outclassed the "Chespeake".
		The USS "Chesapeake" was captured and 83British suffered casualties, while the Americans lost 146 men.
		We are dedicated to informing people on the war of 1812 in topics including the Battle of Plattsburgh, battle of thames, the ending of the war with the treaty of ghent and many other interesting 1812 war topics.
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	Ten-Stinger USS Wasp History
		I was on the battleship USS North Carolina which was hit by one of the three torpedoes that missed
		USS Wasp IV served as a tender in 1813-14 and saw no combat duty.
		A small 8 gun sloop, originally a merchant schooner, named "Scorpion." She was purchased by the Continental Navy in 1775 and refitted into a warship at Baltimore.
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	Napoleon
		Just back from a four-month cruise during which she had captured the richest prize-ship of the war (the merchantman Volunteer, worth $350, 000), Chesapeake was still in the midst of shaping herself as a fighting unit: Lawrence had just taken command; his first, third and fourth officers were also newly commissioned.
		In 1813, they were to proceed differently: the successes of the US Navy combined with the Army's failures soon convinced Madison to let his naval force take a more active role in inland operations.
		In April 1813, the Americans had launched their first Great Lake fleet there, headed by a powerful 24-gun sloop-of-war, USS Madison (built in less than 45 days, with complete rigging), and consisting of a few fast schooners and brigs, all newly commissioned.
	www.napoleon.org /en/reading_room/articles/files/page_naval_part2.asp (4725 words)

	USS Chesapeake
		Between 13 December 1812 and 9 April 1813, she ranged from the West Indies to Africa, taking as prizes five British merchantmen, and through skillful seamanship, evading the pursuit of a British 74.
		In August 1811 the Shannon sailed for the coast of North America; and, had this frigate, in the excellent order in which she was kept, met the Constitution in August 1812, we verily believe- But the Shannon and the Constitution did not meet; therefore the thing was not tried.
		It was natural for the conqueror of the Peacock to wish for an opportunity to capture or drive away a British ship that had repeatedly lay to off the port, and, in view of all the citizens, had used every endeavour to provoke the Chesapeake to come out and engage her.
	members.cox.net /shipkiller/data/frigate/chesapeake_frigate.html (6455 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.
		It took two hours, but the Java was left a wreck and its captain forced to surrender.
		In just 11 minutes, the Peacock was sunk off Brazil.
	www.napoleonguide.com /1812_duels.htm (513 words)

	WarData.net War of 1812 Timeline
		The American forces garrisoning the island, not having been informed of their country's declaration of war, are forced to surrender to British forces.
		USS Wasp vs HMS Frolic, Naval Battle of
		USS Wasp vs HMS Poictiers, Naval Battle of
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	General Information - Commodore Perry - 1852-4 - Japan Expedition - Lithographs
		In 1832 a "little squadron" (the Sloop-of-War Peacock and the Schooner Enterprise) under the command of Commodore E. Kennedy was dispatched to the Orient.
		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.
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		Recovery was by HS-3 helicopter from USS Guadalcanal 1967 - USS Forrestal port call Subic Bay 1968 - USS Enterprise completed Vietnam deployment 1968 - USS Hancock commenced Vietnam deployment with CVW-21 1969 - Car driven by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha's Vineyard.
		It was an upside down seven meter long rigid hulled inflatable boat with an orange hull, belonging to Sally Water Training, and was moving across the harbor towards East Cowes.
		The general was 91 2005 - A US Navy Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile was launched this week from USS Tucson, a submerged Los Angeles-class submarine underway in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern Calif. The missile flew a land attack mission, launching from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) sea ranges.
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		Captain Lawrence, thirty-two and newly promoted as a result of his victory over HMS Peacock while in command of Hornet, did not want the job.
		His wife was ill, and he pleaded to be given Constitution instead which would have given him a few more months at home.
		SHANNON overtook their ship on 1 June 1813.
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