USS Eagle (1812)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Eagle and USS Eaglet.

Career (USA)
Name:	USS Eagle
Acquired:	Purchased, 1812
Fate:	Captured by the British, 3 June 1813
Career (UK)
Name:	HMS Finch
Acquired:	Captured, 3 June 1813
Fate:	Lost at the Battle of Lake Champlain, 11 September 1814
Career (USA)
Name:	USS Eagle
Acquired:	Captured, 11 September 1814
Fate:	Sold, July 1815
General characteristics
Type:	Sloop
Displacement:	110 long tons (112 t)
Length:	64 ft (20 m)
Beam:	20 ft 4 in (6.20 m)
Draft:	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Propulsion:	Sail
Complement:	50 officers and enlisted
Armament:	11 guns

The second USS Eagle, a sloop, was a merchant ship purchased at Vergennes, Vermont on Lake Champlain in 1812 and fitted for naval service. She cruised on the lake under the command of Sailing Master J. Loomis as a member of Commodore Thomas Macdonough's squadron blockading the British advance from Canada. Eagle was captured by the British 3 June 1813 near Ile aux Noix on the Canadian side of the lake and taken into the Royal Navy as HMS Finch.

During her services as a British ship, she accompanied the expedition which burned the arsenal and storehouses at Plattsburg, New York. She was recaptured by the Americans during the Battle of Lake Champlain 11 September 1814 and taken back into the U.S. Navy. After the war, she was sold in July 1815 at Whitehall, New York.

References

• This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.