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Trippe

USS Trippe

Survived

United States Navy

TypeGunboat
Guns1
WarWar of 1812

One-gun sloop of Perry's squadron at Lake Erie. Destroyed at Buffalo when the British burned the town in December 1813.

Battle of Lake Erie -- Commodore Perry's victory. Ballou's Pictorial, February 2, 1856. Ships L-R: Little Belt (British, 8 guns), Lady Provost (British, 18 guns), Detroit (British, 19 guns), Chippeway (British, 1 gun), Queen Charlotte (British, 17 guns), Hunter (British, 10 guns), Lawrence (American Photo: John Andrew Sc., after Wade del.?. Ballou's Pictorial 1856, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 1 × 32-pounder long gun
Displacement60 long tons (61 t)
Complement35 officers and enlisted

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

Career

10 September 1813

Fate

Survived

Captured and burned, October 1813