USS Wasp was a sloop-of-war that served in the United States Navy in 1814 during the War of 1812. She was the fifth United States Navy ship to carry that name. She carried out two …

USS Wasp of the United States Navy was a sailing sloop-of-war captured by the British in the early months of the War of 1812. She was constructed in 1806 at the Washington Navy Yard , …

USS Wasp versus HMS Frolic was an action fought in the Atlantic on October 18 th 1812, the sloop-of-war USS Wasp, was commanded by Master Commandant Jacob Jones, and the brig …

The capture of HMS Frolic was a naval action fought in the Atlantic on 18 October 1812, between the sloop-of-war USS Wasp, commanded by Master Commandant Jacob Jones, and the …

Wasp captured her first enemy vessel, the 207-ton bark Neptune, 2 June. She subsequently took the ship’s crew as prisoners and burned the English vessel. Eleven days later, she seized and …

In February 1813, the 18-gun sloop-of-war Hornet captured the English brig Peacock. The crew of the shattered British ship surrendered in 15 minutes—again with a heavy loss of life—before …

The Wasp’s destruction of a ship filled with military stores, a comparatively armed man-of-war, constituted one of the greatest achievements of the U.S. Navy in its young history. In one day …

The first USS Cabot of the United States was a 14-gun brig, one of the first ships of the Continental Navy, and the first to be captured in the Revolutionary War. The brig was …

On June 28th, 1814, USS Wasp forced the Cruizer class brig-sloop HMS Reindeer to surrender after far more than half the brig's crew, including the Captain, were killed or wounded. The …

On September 1st, 1814, the ship-rigged sloop of war USS Wasp commanded by Johnston Blakeley forced the cruizer class brig-sloop HMS Avon to surrender. The USS Wasp did not …