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Saratoga

USS Saratoga

Damaged

United States Navy

TypeCorvette
Guns26 guns
WarWar of 1812

Ship-rigged corvette built at Vergennes, Vermont, in a little over a month in 1814; Thomas Macdonough's flagship at Lake Champlain. When her starboard guns were almost all knocked out, she was turned round on her anchor cables to bring her undamaged broadside to bear, and won the battle. Laid up at Whitehall, New York, after the war.

Macdonough’s victory on Lake Champlain and defeat of the British Army at Plattsburg by Genl. Macomb, Sept. 11 1814. Engraverː Benjamin Tanner, after painting by Hugh Reinagle. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Collection Photo: Benjamin Tanner / Hugh Reinagle, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 8 × long 24-pounder guns
  • 6 × 42-pounder carronades
  • 12 × 32-pounder carronades
BuilderAdam and Noah Brown
Laid down7 March 1814
Launched11 April 1814
Displacement734 long tons (746 t)
Length143 ft (44 m)
Complement212 officers and men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

11 April 1814

11 September 1814

Thomas Macdonough; winded round on her cables

Fate

Damaged

Sold, 1825