New Orleans Squadron

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New Orleans Squadron
Gunboats of the New Orleans Squadron fighting the British at the Battle of Lake Borgne in 1814.
Active	1813-1838
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Navy
Type	Naval squadron
Garrison/HQ	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

The New Orleans Squadron or the New Orleans Station was a United States Navy squadron raised out of the growing threat the United Kingdom posed to Louisiana during the War of 1812.^{[according to whom?]} The first squadron consisted of over a dozen^{[clarification needed]} vessels and was mostly defeated during the war. Afterward, new ships were stationed at New Orleans which engaged in counter-piracy operations for over twenty years. The New Orleans Squadron was eventually merged with the Home Squadron.