USS Oneida (1809)

Configuration of typical brig-sloop
History
United States
NameUSS Oneida
Laid down1808
Launched1809
Commissioned1810
FateSold 15 May 1815, afterwards repurchased, laid up, and sold in 1825
General characteristics
TypeBrig
Displacement243 long tons (247 t)
PropulsionSail
Complement100
Armament16 × 24-pounder carronades

The first USS Oneida was a brig of war in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.

Oneida was built at Oswego, New York 1808–1809, under contract awarded by her first commanding officer, Lieutenant M. T. Woolsey, to Henry Eckford and Christian Bergh. Although her displacement was 243 tons by carpenter's measurement, her draft could compare with a sloop of 80 tons. This enabled her to enter the rivers feeding Lake Ontario without fear of grounding. She was delivered by the contractors in the spring of 1809, but was not equipped and sent upon the lake until the fall of 1810.