Tribute To US Naval Vessels Lost At Sea
During The Age Of Sail

"With Sure And Certain Hope That The Sea Will Give Up Its Dead"

From The Naval Burial Prayer. 



USS Insurgente  36 Gun Frigate,
 Disappeared And Lost At Sea,  Sometime After August 8 1800. (Approx 340 Men On Board)

USS Wasp  18 Gun Sloop Of War, 
 Disappeared And Lost At Sea, Sometime After October 10 1814. (Approx 140 Men On Board)

USS Levant  22 Gun Sloop Of War,
  Disappeared And Lost At Sea, Sometime After September 18 1860. (Approx 190 Men On Board)

USS Albany  20 Gun Sloop Of War,
  Disappeared And Lost At Sea, Sometime After September 29 1854. (Approx 210 Men On Board)

USS Pickering  14 Gun Brig, 
 Disappeared And Lost At Sea, Sometime After August 20 1800. (Approx 105 Men On Board)

USS Epervier 18 Gun Sloop Of War, 
 Disappeared And Lost At Sea, Sometime After July 14 1815. (Approx 128 Men On Board)
 
My Ancestor Lieutenant John Joliffe Yarnall USN Went Down With Epervier.

USS Porpoise  10 Gun Brig, 
 Disappeared And Lost At Sea, Sometime After September 21 1854. (Approx 80 Men On Board)

USS Grampus 12 Gun Schooner, 
 Disappeared And Lost At Sea, Sometime After March 14 1843. (Approx 64 Men On Board)


All Of These Vessels And Crews Disappeared Without A Trace, Sometime After Date Listed.
Their Losses Remain To This Day, A Mystery Of The Sea.

They Remain Forever On Duty And Always In Our Memory.


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