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Patapsco (III)

Schooner:
  • A privateer bottled up in Chesapeake Bay by British blockaders during the War of 1812
  • Hired by the Navy for service as a lookout in the lower bay to warn of British raids and to discourage attacks against American shipping in the Bay
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 101'
    Beam 25'
    Depth of Hold 11'5"
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament one gun
    Propulsion sail
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    Namesake
    Patapsco - The Patapsco River mainstem is a 39-mile-long river in central Maryland which flows into the Chesapeake Bay. The river's tidal portion forms the harbor for the city of Baltimore. With its South Branch, the Patapsco forms the northern border of Howard County, Maryland. The name "Patapsco" is derived from the Algonquian pota-psk-ut, which translates to "backwater" or "tide covered with froth. (Wikipedia)
    Photo - Patapsco river, Patapsco Valley State Park, Catonsville, Baltimore, Maryland, 2004. ©Fritz Geller-Grimm
    Map - Patapsco River Watershed. ©Karl Musser    		 Tommy Trampp
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