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.jpg) Hull of theTiconderoga on display atWhitehall, New York | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USSTiconderoga |
| Builder | Adam and Noah Brown |
| Laid down | 1814 |
| Acquired | by purchase, 1814 |
| Commissioned | 12 May 1814 |
| Fate | Sold, 19 July 1825 |
| Notes | Remains on display inWhitehall, New York |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Schooner |
| Displacement | 350long tons (356 t) |
| Length | 120 ft (37 m) |
| Armament |
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TheUSSTiconderoga was aschooner which served in theUnited States Navy from 1814 to 1825. The first vessel in navy service by that name, she was built as a merchant steamer in 1814 atVergennes, Vermont, purchased by the Navy atLake Champlain, converted to a schooner, and relaunched on 12 May 1814.[1]
Ticonderoga served with CaptainThomas Macdonough's squadron during theBattle of Plattsburgh on 11 September 1814.[2] Commanded by Lt.Stephen Cassin,Ticonderoga compelled sloop HMSChubb (formerlyUSS Growler) to surrender after riddling her with shot and forcing her aground.[3] She also assisted in the capture of sloop HMSFinch (formerlyUSS Eagle), and repelled several boarding attempts by British gunboats. MidshipmanHiram Paulding was on boardTiconderoga during the battle and used his pistol to discharge a cannon when firing matches proved defective. During the two-and-one-half-hour engagement, six members ofTiconderoga's crew were killed, and six others were wounded.
After the war,Ticonderoga was laid up atWhitehall, New York. A decade later, she was pronounced unworthy of repair and sold at public sale on 19 July 1825.
She was rediscovered in 1958, raised and "salvaged" the next year; the wooden remains of this historic vessel are now on public display in Whitehall, New York.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
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