USS Growler (1812-2)
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| Purchased: | 1812 |
| Captured by British: | 03 Jun 1813, Renamed HMS Shannon and Chub |
| Recaptured by U.S.: | 11 Sep 1814 |
| Fate: | Sold, Jul 1815 |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 112 tons |
| Length: | 64 ft |
| Beam: | 20,4 ft |
| Draught: | 5,8 ft |
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| Armament: | 10 18-pdr. car., 1 6-pdr |
The second USS Growler (1812-2), a 112-ton sloop armed with ten 18-pounders and one six-pounder, was purchased on Lake Champlain in 1812. She cruised under the command of Lieutenant Sidney Smith as part of Commodore Thomas Macdonough's squadron until she was taken by the British near Isle Aux Noix, Canada, on 3 June 1813. Growler was then taken into the Royal Navy as Shannon, and later Chub. Under the latter name she was captured by the American Squadron in the Battle of Lake Champlain on 11 September 1814. She saw no further service however, and was sold at Whitehall, New York, in July 1815.
See USS Growler for other ships of this name.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.