The third USS Hornet was a brig-rigged (later ship-rigged) sloop-of-war in the United States Navy. During the War of 1812, she was the first U.S. Navy...
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Revolutionary War. USS Hornet (1805 sloop), also a 10-gun sloop, took part in the First Barbary War. USS Hornet (1805 brig), a brig-rigged sloop-of-war...
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USS Hornet (CV-8), the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name, was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. During World War II in the...
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The second USS Hornet, was a single-masted, wooden-hulled sailing sloop-of-war of the United States Navy that saw service in the First Barbary War in the...
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sloop) USS Hamilton (1812), foundered 8 August 1813, 42 killed USS Hornet (1775), captured 27 April 1777 USS Hornet (1805 sloop) USS Hornet (1805 brig)...
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engaged the American sloop USS Hornet (1805), which had mistaken Cornwallis for a merchant ship. Heavily outgunned, Hornet was forced to retreat. The...
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of USN destroyer USS Johnston (DD-557) Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, Samuel Evans (naval officer), commander of USS Hornet (1805 sloop) This disambiguation...
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Barbary War, taking part in the attacks on Tripoli. He was in command of Hornet from 1806 to 1809. During the War of 1812, he was senior officer in charge...
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Navy's Mediterranean squadron: USS Nautilus, commanded by Oliver Hazard Perry, USS Hornet, under Samuel Evans, and USS Argus, captained by Isaac Hull...
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Battle of Valparaíso (redirect from USS Essex vs HMS Phoebe)
USS President; Rodgers declined despite his ship being bigger and better armed. The second was Master Commandant James Lawrence of USS Hornet (1805)...
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sloop of war USS Hornet a year later and sailed her to Europe on a diplomatic mission. From the beginning of the War of 1812, Lawrence and Hornet cruised actively...
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USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned...
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March 23 – USS Hornet captures HMS Penguin 1815, April 27 – USS Hornet escapes after mistakenly engaging HMS Cornwallis. 1815, June 15 – USS Peacock captures...
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Tripolitans opened fire almost immediately upon Argus and the sloop-of-war USS Hornet, anchored quite a bit nearer than Argus and Nautilus. By 14:45 that afternoon...
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HMS Java (1811) (section Capture by USS Constitution)
Boston by way of Cape Verde, USS Constitution, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, accompanied by USS Hornet, commanded by James Lawrence...
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engagement of the war in April and May 1805, the brig USS Argus, the schooner USS Nautilus and the sloop USS Hornet provided gun support for ten American...
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President, Congress, Essex, John Adams, Nautilus, Scourge, Syren, and Hornet (joined in 1805) all saw service during the war, under the overall command of Preble...
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a squadron of blockaded ships (USS United States, USS Macedonian, and USS Hornet) in Connecticut's Thames River; Hornet escaped and captured HMS Penguin...
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Charles Stewart (United States Navy officer) (category Commanders of the USS Constitution)
1811. During the War of 1812, Stewart commanded, successively, USS Argus, USS Hornet, and USS Constellation. Since Constellation was closely blockaded in...
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in service. After repairs, United States — accompanied by USS Macedonian and the sloop Hornet—sailed from New York on 24 May 1813. A noteworthy event of...
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Virginia. He entered the Navy as a midshipman on July 4, 1805. He served on the brig USS Hornet, commanded by Isaac Chauncey. Nicolson was promoted to lieutenant...
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device that can be dropped by strike aircraft such as the F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet at high speed from a large range of altitudes. It can be released...
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lieutenant on January 5, 1812, on the eve of the War of 1812. After duty in Hornet, he was assigned to Constellation. While that frigate was at Norfolk, Virginia...
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brig-sloop commanded by James Dickenson; captured by 20-gun sloop-of-war USS Hornet, commanded by James Biddle, following a gunnery duel off the American...
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Stephen Decatur (category Commanders of the USS Constitution)
the flagship of his new squadron, along with Hornet, a sloop bearing 20 guns, USS Peacock bearing 22 and USS Tom Bowline bearing 12 guns. In January 1815...
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where he transferred from the USS Congress to the USS Constitution 9 November 1804; commanded the USS Hornet. On 21 March 1805, Evans established a reputation...
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Isaac Hull (category Commanders of the USS Constitution)
on board USS Hornet was 12.8%, and states the number one reason for enlisted courts martial was desertion. In all, Hull was in command of USS Chesapeake...
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American frigates USS United States and USS Macedonian ended the war blockaded and hulked in New London, Connecticut. USS United States and USS Macedonian attempted...
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USS Congress was a nominally rated 38-gun wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. James Hackett built her at the Portsmouth...
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2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016. "UH-34D Seahorse". USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum. USS Hornet. Archived from the original on 29 October 2016. Retrieved...
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