Career
Captured:	8 October 1812
Purchased:	6 February 1813
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Fate:	sold, May 1815
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General Characteristics
Displacement:	85 tons
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Complement:	53 officers and enlisted
Armament:	2 24-pdr., 1 32-pdr. car.

The first USS Caledonia was a brig in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. This image is a temporary placeholder for articles(mostly those utilizing the table from Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/Tables) which still need a picture to illustrate them. ... The source for an SVG image of the United States Navy jack can be found at USN Jack. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... In sailing, a brig is a vessel with two masts at least one of which is square rigged. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... The War of 1812 was a conflict fought on land in North America and at sea around the world between the United States and United Kingdom from 1812 to 1815. ...

Caledonia was built by the British at Maiden, Ontario; captured off Fort Erie, Ontario, 8 October 1812 by a boarding party of American sailors under Lieutenant Jesse D. Elliott; and purchased at Black Rock, New York, 6 February 1813. Location of Fort Erie in the Niagara Region Fort Erie (2001 population 28,143) is a town on the Niagara River in Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Black Rock, once an independent community, is now part of the city of Buffalo, New York. ...

Commanded by Lieutenant Daniel Turner, Caledonia played a key role in the operations of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's squadron on Lake Erie during 1813 and 1814. In the decisive Battle of Lake Erie (10 September 1813), which sundered British control of the Great Lakes, gallant little Caledonia's long guns were the only ones of the fleet which could reach the enemy's three heaviest units as they pounded the American flagship Lawrence. Caledonia also took part in the expedition to Lakes Huron and Superior (July-September 1814). Daniel Turner (1794? – 4 February 1850) was an officer in the United States Navy. ... Oliver Hazard Perry. ... Lake Erie, looking southward from a high rural bluff near Leamington, Ontario Lake Erie is one of the five large freshwater Great Lakes in North America, among the worlds largest such lakes. ... The Battle of Lake Erie, sometimes also referred to as the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on September 10, 1813 in Lake Erie off the coast of Ohio during the War of 1812. ... The Great Lakes from space The Great Lakes are a group of five large lakes on or near the United States-Canadian border. ... A flagship is the ship used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships. ... The first USS Lawrence was one of two 493-ton Niagara-class brigs built at Erie, Pennsylvania, for United States Navy service on the Great Lakes during the War of 1812. ... The Great Lakes from space; Lake Huron is the third from the left. ... The Great Lakes from space; Lake Superior is on the upper left Lake Superior (known as Gitchigume in a Native American language) is the largest of North Americas Great Lakes. ...

The brig was sold at Erie, Pennsylvania, in May 1815. The Erie skyline, facing south from Presque Isle State Park across Presque Isle Bay Presque Isle State Park, known to locals as the peninsula. ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

See USS Caledonia for other ships of this name.

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