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USF Macedonian
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HMS Macedonian (1810 - 1812)

Frigate:

Built in Great Britain in September 1810

Captured off the Canary Islands by 44-gun frigate US Frigate United States, Commodore Stephen Decatur in command, 25 October 1812

Arrived in New London, CT., as a prize, 4 December 1812,

Taken into US Naval Service by April 1813, Capt. Jacob Jones in command

Macedonian made one futile attempt with United States and sloop USS Hornet to break the British blockade by way of Hell Gate, N.Y., 24 May 1813

She then remained in the Thames River, CT., until the end of the War of 1812

Departed for the Mediterranean, 20 May 1815, to join Commodore Decatur-s 10-ship squadron in the Algerian War against the Barbary powers, to stop harassment of American shipping

Macedonian assisted in the capture of Algerian flagship, frigate Mashuda, 17 June 1815 by frigates Constellation and Guerriere, and sloops-of-war Epervier and >Ontario

Following the signing of a treaty with Tunis and Tripoli 7 August 1815, and with Algeria in June 1815, Macedonian patrolled the Mediterranean and the US East Coast for the next 3 years

The Frigate operated off the Pacific coast of South American from January 1819 to March 1821 giving aid and protection to the commercial ships in the area during the disorders following the Latin colonial revolts

Macedonian returned to Boston in June 1821 and was refitted to cruise in the West Indies helping to suppress piracy, into 1826

Reassigned to the Pacific station, the ship departed Norfolk, 11 June 1826 returning to Hampton Roads, VA., 30 October 1828

Decommissioned in 1828 and was broken up at the Norfolk Navy Yard

Specifications:
Displacement 1325 t.
Length 161' 6"
Beam 40'
Draft unknown
Depth of Hold 18' 4"
Speed unknown
Complement 306
Armament 39 guns
Propulsion sail

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	69k	Alexander the Great - the figurehead of the British frigate HMS Macedonian at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD. From DC Memorial.com. Photos by Edward Berge	Robert Hurst
	48k	HMS Macedonian engages the frigate USS United States in the South Atlantic Ocean south of the Azores. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # KN 2880 photo from DANFS.	Tommy Trampp
	48k	Engraving by Alonzo Chappel of HMS Macedonian engaging the frigate USS United States in 1812 in the South Atlantic Ocean. US National Archives photo	Tommy Trampp
	68k	*"USF United States vs. HMS Macedonian, 25 October 1812"* Engraving after Thomas Birch, courtesy of the New-York Historical Society, collection of the Naval History Society, 1935. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 1294	Tommy Trampp
	67k	*"USF United States vs. HMS Macedonian, 25 October 1812"* Engraving after William Strickland. This action resulted in the capture of the British frigate, which was then taken into the U.S. Navy as USS Macedonian. Courtesy of the New-York Historical Society, collection of the Naval History Society, 1935. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 1295	Tommy Trampp
	119k	USF United States (right) vs HMS Macedonian, 28 October 1812, by Thomas Birch.	Tommy Trampp
	261k	USF United States (right) with her more powerful guns defeated HMS Macedonian, 25 October 1812. From "The War of 1812" by Diana Childress.	Tommy Trampp
	1958k	UNITED STATES vs. MACEDONIAN Battle between USF United States commanded by Captain Stephen Decatur and HMS Macedonian. *Macedonian* was brought into Newport and repaired and later commissioned in the U.S. Navy. Battle took place 25 October 1812. Painting on glass. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # 1300.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	73k	HMS Macedonian engaging USF United States, 26 October 1812. Image from "Frigates of the Napoleonic Wars", by Robert Gardiner, Naval Institute Press, pp. 208, 2006.	Robert Hurst
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	332k	USF United States engaging the battered wreck of Royal Navy frigate HMS Macedonian. From the book "A youthful man-o'-warsman", by Edgar Stanton Marclay, 1863-1919. Pub. by Greenlawn, N.Y., Navy Blue Company, 1910.	Robert Hurst
	104k	Oil on canvas painting by Fred Pansing (1844-1912) of USF United States conquers HMS Macedonian in the heart of the Atlantic. Circa 1880. Photo courtesy of Vallejo Gallery.	Robert Hurst
	145k	USF United States and HMS Macedonian. Engraving by Abel Bowen, from the book "The Naval Monument", 1838.	Robert Hurst
	111k	COMO.. Stephen Decatur squadron off Algiers comprised of the frigates; USF Guerriere, the flagship with 44 guns, commanded by Captain William Lewis, USF Constellation with 36 guns, commanded by Captain Charles Gordon; USS Macedonian with 38 guns, under the command of Captain Jacob Jones; the sloops-of-war USS Eperyie, commanded by Captain John Downes, and USS Ontario with 16 guns, commanded by Captain Jesse D. Elliott; the brigs USS Firefly, USS Spark and USS Flambeau, each with 14 guns, commanded by Lieutenants George W. Kodgers, Thomas Gamble, and John B. Nicholson; and the schooners USS Torch and USS Spitfire, both with 12 guns, commanded by Lieutenants Wolcott Chauncey and Alexander J. Dallas. Gardner Weld Allen (1856-1944) - "Our Navy and the Barbary Corsairs".	Tommy Trampp
098654913	112k	Print by George G.Smith (1795-1878) engraver George Girdler Smith of the United States squadron under Com. Bainbridge returning triumphant from the Mediterranean in 1815, The print shows the American squadron at sea, includes, on the left; USS Macedonian (I), USS Firefly (I), USS Torch, USS Boxer (I), at center, USS Independence, USS Spark (I), USS Saranac (I) USS Enterprise (III), USS Lynx (i), and on the right, USS Congress (III) USS Chippewa (II), USS Spitfire (III) and USS Flambeau. United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3a47975	Robert Hurst