USS Ferret (1822)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Ferret.
History
United States
NameUSS Ferret
Acquired20 December 1822 at Baltimore, Maryland
Fate
  • Capsized in storm off Cuba,
  • 4 February 1825, five died.
General characteristics
TypeSchooner
Tonnage51 [1]
Sail planSchooner
Complement31 [1]
Armament3 guns [1]

USS Ferret was a two masted schooner, the third U.S. Navy vessel to bear this name, and was purchased 20 December 1822 at Baltimore, Maryland and commissioned early in 1823, with Lieutenant R. Henley in command. It was the first U.S. naval ship commanded by the famous naval hero David Farragut. Ferret served transporting U.S. sailors, marines and supplies to the pirate infested waters of the Caribbean and was used to search out and attack pirate ships and pirate strongholds for a little more than two years when her career was cut short when the vessel capsized in a gale force storm off the coast of Cuba.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b c Porter, 1875 p.281
  2. ^ U.S. Naval Historical Center, USS Ferret: Page article
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Spears127 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).