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USS Etna (I)

Brig:
  • Built in 1806 as the brigantine Etna by William Moulton, Portland ME.
  • Launched, 18 June 1806
  • Commissioned 19 July 1806, LT. J. Jones in command
  • USS Etna sailed from Boston 29 September 1806 for New Orleans, arriving 6 November
  • From New Orleans, Etna cruised in the Gulf of Mexico until laid up in the spring of 1807
  • She was recommissioned before 8 July 1807 when she sailed on a voyage to Washington and New York with passengers, returning to duty at New Orleans
  • Final Disposition, sunk during a hurricane 19 August 1812
    Specifications:
    Displacement 139t.
    Length 83'6"
    Beam 24'
    Depth of Hold 8'
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement 30
    Armament
    one 13" mortar
    two 8" howitzers
    eight 8-pdrs
    Propulsion sail
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    Namesake
    Etna - Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina and Catania. It lies above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate. It is one of the tallest active volcanoes in Europe, and the tallest peak in Italy south of the Alps.
    Photo - Mount Etna eruptions. (The US Sun newspaper, 21 February 2021)
    Map - Sicily showing location of Mount Etna (Geography in the News)     		Tommy Trampp
    Etna (I)
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