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USS Eagle (III)

Brig:

Build at Vergennes, VT. as the brig Surprise by Adam and Noah Brown

Launched, 11 August 1814

Commissioned, 6 September 1814 as USS Eagle, LT. R. Henley in command

Eagle was finished just in time to participate in the decisive Battle of Lake Champlain on 11 September 1814

Eagle, the first vessel in the American line, fought HMS Chubb, HMS Linnet, and HMS Confiance alongside USS Saratoga. She was holed 39 times and had 13 men killed and 20 wounded

After the battle she was laid up for preservation at Whitehall, N.Y., but was sold in 1825

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 500 t.
Length unknown
Beam unknown
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement 150

Armament

eight 18-pdr guns

twelve 32-pdr cannonades

Propulsion sail

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
098653704	224k	A black and white photo of a watercolor painting by artist ©Warren (attributed) "The Battle of Lake Champlain in Plattsburg Bay, September 1814" On 11 September 1814, the American squadron, the 26-gun USS Saratoga, Como. Thomas Macdonough, the 20-gun brig USS Eagle, CAPT. Robert Henley, the 17-gun schooner USS Ticondereoga, LCDR. Stephen Cassin, the 7-gun sloop USS Preble, LT. Charles Hicks and 10 boats, were attacked when lying off Plattsburg by a British squadron, the 37-gun HMS Confiance, CAPT. George Downie, the 16-gun brig HMS Linnet, CAPT. Daniel Pring, the 11-gun cutter HMS Chub, LT. James McGhee, the 8-gun cutter HMS Finch, LT. William Finch and 10 gunboats. Having had two anchors shot away *Confiance* brought up abreast instead of athwart hawse of *Saratoga. After a fierce combat, Saratoga, who had suffered severely from Confiance's heavy broadsides, swung around to bring her port battery into action. Confiance, in endeavoring to do the same, hung with her stern towards Saratoga* and was so heavily raked that she was compelled to surrender. CAPT. Downie was killed, *Linnet* being exposed to *Saratoga's fire, struck her colors. Finch>* had surrendered, *Chubb* was captured, and the battle ended. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # USN 902816	US Naval History and Heritage Command
098653705	258k	Black and white photo of an engraving by B. Tanner after a drawing by H. Reinagle "MacDonough's Victory on Lake Champlain" MacDonough's Victory on Lake Champlain and defeat of the British Army at Plattsburg by General Macomb, 11 September 1814. Ships shown: HMS Finch; USS Preble; USS Eagle; HMS Confiance; HMS Linnet; USS Saratoga; HMS Chubb; and USS Ticonderoga. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 2258	US Naval History and Heritage Command
098653706	209k	Black and whit photo of an Aquatint by W. Strickland. "Battle of Lake Champlain (Plattsburg, New York), September 11, 1814"> The British and American Fleets are depicted in action, with Cumberland Head on the right, and the town of Plattsburg, New York, behind. The ships shown are (L-R): USS Ticonderoga USS Eagle; HMS Confiance; USS Saratoga; and HMS Linnet. Gunboats are also shown in action on both sides. Aquatint by W. Strickland, Philadelphia, after an eye witnesses sketch. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 63489, Courtesy of Mr. S.H.P. Pell, Fort Ticonderoga Museum, Fort Ticonderoga, New York, 1938.	US Naval History and Heritage Command

USS Eagle (III)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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