USS Guerriere (1814)

Guerriere
History
United States
NameGuerriere
NamesakeHMS Guerriere
Ordered1812
BuilderPhiladelphia Navy Yard
Laid down1812
Launched20 June 1814
Decommissioned19 December 1831
In service1815-1831
FateBroken up, 1841
General characteristics
TypeFirst class frigate[1]
Tonnage1508
Length175 ft (53 m)
Beam45 ft 6 in (13.87 m)
Draft14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
PropulsionSail
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement400 officers and enlisted
Armament
  • 33 × 24-pounder guns
  • 20 × 42-pounder carronades

USS Guerriere was the first frigate built in the United States since 1801. The name came from a fast 38-gun British frigate captured and destroyed in a half-hour battle by USS Constitution on 19 August 1812. This victory was one of the United States' first in the War of 1812.

She was built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard under the supervision of Joseph and Francis Grice. She was launched on 20 June 1814 under the command of Commodore John Rodgers and attached to the Delaware Flotilla. She served in the United States Navy during the Second Barbary War.

  1. ^ Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the United States, including Officers of the Marine Corps, &c. for the Year 1825. Way & Gideon. 1825.