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USS Etna (II)

Brig:
  • Built, date and location unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Purchased by the Navy at New Orleans in 1813
  • Commissioned USS Etna (II), date unknown, Sailing Master J. D. Ferriss in command
  • USS Etna was Stationed at New Orleans during the War of 1812
  • In March 1814 she seized the Spanish schooner Terrible for violation of the embargo and sent her in to be libeled
  • In November 1814, Etna was found unfit for naval service
  • Final disposition, broken up in 1817, all valuable materials first being salvaged
    Specifications:
    Displacement 220t.
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    two 8-pdrs
    two 6" howitzers
    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 (II)
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