 USS Syren (fourth from the right) during the bombardment of Tripoli in 1804.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Syren |
| Builder | Nathaniel Hutton |
| Cost | $32,522 |
| Laid down | 1803 |
| Launched | 6 August 1803 |
| Commissioned | 1 September 1803 |
| Renamed | Siren, 1809 |
| Fate | Captured at sea, 12 July 1814 |
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| Name | Siren |
| Acquired | 12 July 1814 by capture |
| Commissioned | Not commissioned |
| Fate | Not listed after 1815 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Brig |
| Displacement | 240 long tons (244 t) |
| Tons burthen | 298 (bm) |
| Length | 94 ft 3+1⁄2 in (28.7 m) (overall); c,75 ft 0 in (22.9 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 0 in (8.23 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 120 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 16 × 24-pounder carronades |
USS Syren (later Siren) was a brig of the United States Navy built at Philadelphia in 1803. She served during the First Barbary War and the War of 1812 until the Royal Navy captured her in 1814. The British never commissioned her but apparently used her for a year or so as a lazaretto, or a prison vessel. She then disappears from records.
- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 323.