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• The first Chippewa was a schooner
  • 70 tons
  • length 59 ft (18.0 m)
  • beam 16 ft (4.9 m)
  • depth 7 ft (2.1 m)
  • complement 15
  • mounting 1 x 18 pounder (8 kg) gun and two swivel gun s

She was captured from the British 10 September 1813 and fitted out for service in the Navy, Acting Midshipman Robert S. Tatem in command. She cruised on Lake Erie as a part of Commodore Oliver Perry's Squadron. After sailing from Put-in-Bay in October with several Army officers and baggage on board, she was driven ashore by a violent squall at Black Rock, New York . She was burned by a British landing party 29 December 1813.

Construction of a 74-gun ship of the line named Chippewa began at the Navy Yard, Sacketts Harbor, New York, after the signing of a contract 15 December 1814, but the ship was never launched. Uncompleted, the ship was sold 1 November 1833Events January 3 Britain seizes control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. June 6 U. President Andrew Jackson becomes the first President to ride a train. September 29 The infant Isabella II becomes Queen of Spain, under the regency of her mot.

• The second Chippewa was a brigIn sailing, a brig is a vessel with two masts at least one of which is square rigged. In modern parlance, a brig is square rigged on both masts, and this is the standard name for such a vessel. Previously, brig has been used as an abbreviation of briganti (410 tons, complement 90) mounting 14 x 32 pounder (15 kg) carronadeThe carronade was a short gun developed by the Carron Company, a Scottish ironworks, in 1778 for the Royal Navy. Also known as a smasher it was a smooth bore, cast iron weapon, half the weight of an equivalent long gun, but could throw a heavy ball (68 pos and 2 x 12 pounder (5 kg) guns. She was built in 1815Events January 3 Austria, Britain, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia. January 8 War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans February 3 The first commercial cheese factory is founded in Switzerland February 6 New Jersey g at Warren, Rhode IslandWarren is a town located in Bristol County, Rhode Island. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 11,360. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 22. 2 mi²) of it is land and 6. 5 mi²) of it i, under the direction of Commodore Oliver Perry, and sent to New York CitySkyline, with Statue of Liberty New York, New York" redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York, to be outfitted and manned. Chippewa sailed from Boston, MassachusettsAlternate meanings: Boston (disambiguation Old State House in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries. Boston is the capital and largest city in Massachusetts in the United States. It is the unofficial capital of the region k, 3 July 1815, Lieutenant George C. Read in command, as a part of a squadron under the command of Commodore William Bainbridge. Before their arrival in the Mediterranean another squadron under the command of Commodore Stephen Decatur had succeeded in making peace with the Bey of Algiers . Bainbridge, after showing the flag in several ports in the Mediterranean, departed for home 6 October 1815. Upon her arrival at Boston, Chippewa was placed in ordinary.

Sailing from Boston 27 November 1816 for the Gulf of Mexico to join the frigate Congress, Chippewa ran aground on an uncharted reef in the Bahamas and sank 12 December 1816 without loss of life.

• The third Chippewa was a wooden screw steamer gunboat launched in 1861 and active in the American Civil War, then sold in 1865.

• The fourth Chippewa (AT-69) was an ocean tug commissioned 1943 and decommissioned 1947, and sunk in 1990 in Florida to serve as an artificial reef.

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.