Four
United States Navy ships have borne the
USS Chippewa, after the
Chippewa Indians, and a battle in the
War of 1812.
Construction of a 74-gun ship of the line named Chippewa began at the Navy Yard, Sacketts Harbor, New York[?], after the signing of a contract 15 December 1814, but the ship was never launched. Uncompleted, the ship was sold 1 November 1833.
- The second Chippewa was a brig (410 tons, complement 90) mounting 14 32-pounder carronades and 2 12-pounder guns. She was built in 1815 at Warren, Rhode Island, under the direction of Commodore Oliver Perry, and sent to New York City to be outfitted and manned. Chippewa sailed from Boston, Massachusetts, 3 July 1815, Lieutenant George C. Read[?] in command, as a part of a squadron under the command of Commodore William Bainbridge. Before their arrival in the Mediterranean another squadron under the command of Commodore Stephen Decatur had succeeded in making peace with the Bey of Algiers[?]. Bainbridge, after showing the flag in several ports in the Mediterranean, departed for home 6 October 1815. Upon her arrival at Boston, Chippewa was placed in ordinary.
- Sailing from Boston 27 November 1816 for the Gulf of Mexico to join the frigate Congress, Chippewa ran aground on an uncharted reef in the Bahamas and sank 12 December 1816 without loss of life.
This article includes information collected from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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