USS Superior (1814)

USS Superior[1]
History
United States
Name	USS Superior
Builder	Henry Eckford, Sackets Harbor, New York
Laid down	February 1814
Launched	2 May 1814
Fate	Sold sometime before 1824
General characteristics
Type	Frigate
Tonnage	1580
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	500 officers and enlisted
Armament	30 × medium Columbiads 32-pounder guns 2 × long 24-pounder guns 26 × 42-pounder carronades

USS Superior was built for the War of 1812, and was named after one of the Great Lakes. Superior was a U.S. Navy frigate built in 1814 at Sackets Harbor, New York, by Henry Eckford, and was laid down in February 1814 and launched on 2 May of the same year.