Year of Build:

1813

Built at:

Erie (Presque Isle), PA

Vessel Type:

Brig

Note: Armed with two 12-pounders & eighteen 32-pound carronades. Sister: LAWRENCE.

Hull Materials:

Wood

Builder Name:

Henry Eckford & Noah Brown

Original Owner and Location:

U.S. Navy, Washington, D.C.

Number of Masts:

2

Length:

118'

Beam:

30'

Depth:

9'

Tonnage (old style):

465

Final Location:

Erie, PA. Lake Erie

Date:

1987

How:

Dismantled.

Notes:

Dismantled & original timbers recovered. Timbers later incorporated into a replica built in 1988. Replica commisioned as "Flagship of Pennsylvania", August 18, 1990. Later made summer cruises on Lakes & coast; also serves as museum to public.

Flagship of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry in War of 1812.

1813, Jun First launched.

1813, Sep 10 Defeated, with 8 other ships, a British squadron in Battle of Lake Erie.

1815 - 1820 Served as station ship in Erie, PA.

1820 Scuttled, Misery Bay, Erie, Lake Erie.

1913, Mar 6 Hulk raised & rebuilt at Erie for centennial of Battle of Lake Erie.

1931 State of Pennsylvania took custody & began reconstruction, but

delayed by Depression.

1943 Hull reconstruction completed.

1963 Masts & riggings installed.

1987 Dismantled & original timbers recovered.

1988 Replica constructed with original timbers incorporated.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie