USS Frances

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NameUSS Frances
Acquired1813
Out of serviceReturned to owner 1814
General characteristics
Type Sloop
PropulsionSail
Armament5 guns

Frances was a sloop used by the US Navy between 1813 and 1814. [1] [nb 1] She was hired by Commodore Thomas Macdonough for use on Lake Champlain. [1] Outfitted with five guns, she was found to sail poorly, but served as an armed tender, probably carrying supplies. [1] [3] She was part of MacDonough's fleet at the Battle of Plattsburgh in the fall of 1814. [3]

Frances was returned to her owner later in 1814. [1]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The civilian identity of this Frances is not confirmed. However, there was an eighty-foot iron-hulled sloop of that name built in 1809 by the Monkton Iron Works at Vergennes, Vermont to move iron ore and charcoal between there and Whitehall, New York. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.
  2. ↑ Kame, Adam I.; Sabick, Christopher R. (April 2002). Lake Champlain Underwater Cultural Resources Survey 1999 and 2000 Results. Vergennes, VT: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. p. 31. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 Crockett, Walter Hill (1909). A History of Lake Champlain (PDF). Burlington VT: Hobart J Shanley & Co. p. 250. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
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