| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Spitfire |
| Builder | Kemp |
| Launched | 1812 |
| Acquired | by the Navy between October and December 1814 |
| In service | circa 20 May 1815 |
| Out of service | circa 1816 |
| Fate | Sold 3 April 1816; fate unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | schooner |
| Tons burthen | 286 (bm) |
| Length | 106 ft (32 m) (between perpendiculars) |
| Beam | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) |
| Sail plan | Schooner |
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USS Spitfire was the former Baltimore privateer Grampus that the United States Navy purchased. She was a heavily armed schooner built for service in the War of 1812, but did not see service until the Barbary Wars when she was sent with the American fleet to the Mediterranean to force an end to piracy of American ships.