Career
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched:	1813
Commissioned:
Decommissioned:
Fate:	sunk for preservation, 1820
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	493 tons
Length:	110 ft
Beam:	30 ft
Draft:
Propulsion:
Speed:
Range:
Depth:	9 ft
Complement:	130 officers and enlisted
Armament:	20 guns

The first USS Niagara 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. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... In sailing, a brig is a vessel with two masts at least one of which is square rigged. ... Jump to: navigation, search The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... Jump to: navigation, search 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. ...

Niagara was built at Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, by Adam and Noah Brown under the supervision of Sailing Master Daniel Dobbins and Captain Oliver Hazard Perry, and was launched early in the summer of 1813. Jump to: navigation, search The Erie skyline, facing south from Presque Isle State Park across Presque Isle Bay Presque Isle State Park, known to locals as the peninsula. ... Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (August 23, 1785 – August 23, 1819) was an officer in the United States Navy. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Niagara and the other ships of Perry’s squadron were held at Erie both by British blockade and lack of crews, until 1 August, when the British squadron retired. Taken over Erie’s protective bar by ingenious use of camels, Niagara reached deep water 5 August, and four days later her commanding officer, Captain Jesse D. Elliott, arrived with some 100 officers and men to take command. The squadron sailed in search of the British 12 August, located it in the mouth of the Detroit River, and waited for its sortie. Detroit River seen from Grosse Ile Township, Michigan The Detroit River is about 51 km (32 miles) long and 1 to 4 km (0. ...

Battle was given 10 September, Perry in Lawrence leading the attack, and drawing concentrated fire from the British until Lawrence became an unmanageable wreck. He then transferred to Niagara which had not closed the enemy in the earlier stages of the action. Elliot had resented Perry being in a position of command, and speculation is he withheld Niagara from the action not so accidently. When Perry arrived on Niagara, he gave a terrified Elliott a dressing down, and took command and resumed the attack. From her deck he regrouped his squadron and came down through the enemy line, Niagara pouring broadsides into the British ships until victory was secured, and with it control of Lake Erie, freeing the upper lakes from the threat of invasion. 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. ...

Niagara covered the landings at the mouth of the Detroit River which captured Malden 23 September, then covered the Army’s advance up the Detroit to Lake St. Claire as they pursued the retreating British. After wintering at Erie, she returned to patrol and convoy operations which included the capture of British ships Mink, Nancy, Perserverance, and Batteau. She wintered at Erie once more in 1814, then served as receiving ship there until sunk in Misery Bay for preservation in 1820. Jump to: navigation, search US Army Seal HHC, US Army Distinctive Unit Insignia The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...

Owned successively by Benjamin H. Brown of Rochester, New York, and Captain George Miles of Erie, Niagara was raised but found to need such extensive restoration that she was again allowed to sink. She was raised again 6 March 1913 and restored by the Perry Centennial Commission, who towed her from Buffalo, New York to Chicago, Illinois for exhibition at all the larger towns of Lakes Huron and Michigan during the commemoration of the Battle of Lake Erie. Returning to Erie 21 September 1913, she was cribbed up just out of the water, deteriorating until 1929, when restoration was begun by the Niagara Association of Erie, aided by the Pennsylvania Historical Commission and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The project halted for lack of funds in 1934, but was finally completed in 1963 for the sesquicentennial of her great victories. Jump to: navigation, search A portion of Rochesters skyline, looking north along the Genesee River from the Ford Street Bridge. ... Jump to: navigation, search George Henry Miles (born 31 July 1824, Baltimore, Maryland - died 23 July 1871, near Emmitsburg) was a dramatist and man of letters. ... Jump to: navigation, search Aerial view of downtown Buffalo, New York Buffalo is an American city in western New York. ... Jump to: navigation, search Chicago, colloquially known as the Second City and the Windy City, is the third-largest city in population in the United States, following New York City and Los Angeles, and the largest inland city in the country. ... The Great Lakes from space; Lake Huron is the third from the left. ... Sunset on Lake Michigan A different sunset on the lake. ... Jump to: navigation, search 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. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Keystone State Other U.S. States Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell (D) Senators Arlen Specter (R) Rick Santorum (R) Official languages None Area 119,283 km² (33rd)  - Land 116,074 km²  - Water 3,208 km² (2. ...

See USS Niagara for other ships of this name. USS Niagara is the name of several ships of the United States Navy: The first Niagara ws launched in 1812, she served as Oliver Hazard Perry’s flagship during the Battle of Lake Erie US Brig Niagara (replica) A modern replica of the original Niagara The second Niagara was a...

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