USS Caledonia (1812)

Model of the HMS Caledonia, Sault Ste. Marie Museum
History
United States
NameUSS Caledonia
BuilderBritish at Malden, Ontario
Completed1807
Acquired
Commissioned1813
DecommissionedCirca 1815
Stricken1815 (est.)
Captured8 October 1812 by the U.S. Navy
FateSold May 1815 at Erie, Pennsylvania
General characteristics
TypeBrig
Tons burthen180
PropulsionSail
Complement53 officers and enlisted
Armament
  • 2 × long 24-pounder guns
  • 1 × 32-pounder carronade
Notes80-pound broadside

USS Caledonia was a brig, formerly HMS Caledonia, that the United States Navy captured during the War of 1812 and took into American service. The brig played an important role with the American squadron on Lake Erie, and was sold at the end of the war.[1]

Caledonia was the first warship in the U.S. Navy to carry that name.

  1. ^ Put-in-Bay, Mailing Address: PO Box 549; Us, OH 43456 Phone: 419 285-2184 Contact. "The Ships that Battled for Lake Erie: What Happened to Them? Part 2: The United States Navy – Perry's Victory & International Peace Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)". nps.gov. Retrieved 2 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)