USS Saratoga (1814)


Material Propulsion Country Year Launched
Wood Wind, Sail United States 1814
Length (feet) Displacement (tons)
143 734

Under command of Commandant Thomas MacDonough, USS Saratoga led naval force of 14 vessels in defeat of larger British force on Lake Champlain in September 1814. Ended threat of British invasion from Canada and helped end the war.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Compiler

Peter Richards

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