• destroyed in 1777 USS Wasp (1807) was a sloop constructed in 1806 and captured during the War of 1812 USS Wasp (1810) was a schooner built in 1810 and sold after...
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  • The third USS Wasp was a schooner that served in the U.S. Navy from 1812 to 1814. Wasp was built in 1810 at Baltimore, Maryland. She received a privateer's...
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    USS Wasp of the United States Navy was a sailing sloop-of-war captured by the British in the early months of the War of 1812. She was constructed in 1806...
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    Subsequently, Lieutenant Lawrence commanded the warships USS Vixen, USS Wasp and USS Argus. In 1810, he also took part in trials of an experimental spar torpedo...
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    and later in the War of 1812. He commanded USS Vixen, USS Syren, USS Wasp, USS Essex, USS Congress, and USS Franklin. He was born in England on 1 or 2...
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    Jacob Jones (naval officer) (category Commanders of the USS Constitution)
    April 20, 1810, Jones received promotion to master commandant, and on June 4, he took command of USS Wasp. In October 1812, Jones and Wasp sailed on an...
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    west of Ushant, the convoy encountered the sloop USS Wasp, which was operating out of Lorient. Wasp made for the convoy and singled out the brig Mary...
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    American sloop-of-war USS Wasp captured her after a fierce fight. Later that day the British recaptured Frolic and captured Wasp. Frolic was broken up...
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    Amelia 1812, October 18 – USS Wasp defeats HMS Frolic 1812, October 18 – HMS Poictiers defeats USS Wasp 1812, October 25 – USS United States captures HMS Macedonian...
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  • surgeon on the frigate USS Constellation during the War of 1812. His other brother, Herman, was a purser on the USS Wasp and the USS Peacock. Jonathon Thorn...
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    and England. From November 1810 to September 1811, Hornet was rebuilt in the Washington Navy Yard. Based on the success of Wasp, Hornet received a ship-rig...
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    common before the North front of the President's house and could not the USS Wasp be brought West of the bridge or near the bridge, dressed in colors!" The...
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    Comet, an American schooner, was built in 1810 at Baltimore, Maryland. She was owned by "a group of wealthy Baltimore investors." Under Captain Thomas...
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    launched in 1805. In the War of 1812 she fought a desperate action with USS Wasp that resulted in Avon sinking on 27 August 1814. Avon entered service at...
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    British and renamed HMS Detroit. USS Wasp |  United States Navy /  Royal Navy | 15 October 1812 Commanded by Jacob Jones. Wasp was a sailing sloop of war captured...
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    Thomas Macdonough (category Commanders of the USS Constitution)
    was promoted to a commission of Lieutenant. As commander of the 18-gun USS Wasp, Macdonough served patrolling waters near Great Britain and various points...
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  • (possibly Wasp) (1809) for James Taylor and Curtis a schooner (possibly Hornet) (1809), 100 tons, for James Taylor and Curtis Comet (1810), a schooner...
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    sloops-of-war, again of smaller armament. The American sloops Hornet, Wasp (1807), Peacock, Wasp (1813) and Frolic were all ship-rigged while the British Cruizer-class...
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  • his actions during the war. A letter dated May 1, 1810, written by 16-year-old Mayo aboard the USS Wasp, contains the first extant mention of the term "Uncle...
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    Rosales (D-22). She was scrapped in 1982. USS Stembel (DD-644) was named for Rear Admiral Roger N. Stembel (1810–1900), who served in the Civil War. She...
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  • July 24. A hurricane affected Bermuda for four days around October 10. USS Wasp probably lost in hurricane. July 27-August 10. A hurricane was reported...
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  • Kitty was a French vessel taken in prize c. 1810. She became a West Indiaman and then, following a change of ownership, a privateer. She was one of only...
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    originally a French privateer brig named Fantôme, which the British captured in 1810 and commissioned into British service. Fantome saw extensive action in the...
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    (DD-338/DMS-15) USS Wasp (1775, 1807, 1810, 1813, 1814, 1865, 1893, SP-1159, CV-7, CV-18, LHD-1) USS Wassaic (ID-3230) USS Wassuc (1865, CMc-3) USS Watauga (1864)...
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  • HMS Decoy was launched in 1810. She participated in the capture of several small French privateers, captured or recaptured a number of merchant vessels...
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    and aboard the carrier USS Wasp in the Far East. Musgrave's aviator brother Percy (1933–1959), who also served on USS Wasp, died on a mission when the...
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  • an 11-hour pursuit. Wasp (1814) versus HMS Avon (September 1, 1814): A battle off the coast of England in which U.S. sloop Wasp defeated British sloop...
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    the yard, with the exception of the completion of USS Quincy (CA-39) and USS Vincennes (CA-44). USS Wasp (CV-7) was built from 1936 to 1940, in addition...
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  • Scientific Films Unit shows how it tackles such problems as filming a wood wasp laying its eggs inside trees, the hatching of a chick and the courtship rituals...
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  • USS Wasp conducts flight operations in Operation Odyssey Lightning....
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