USS Vixen (1813)

Career
Name:	USS Vixen
Namesake:	A vixen is a female fox
Acquired:	1813
Fate:	Captured 25 December 1813
General characteristics
Type:	Brig
Propulsion:	Sails
Armament:	14 guns

For other ships of the same name, see USS Vixen.

The second USS Vixen was a brig in commission in the United States Navy in 1813.

Vixen was purchased by the U.S. Navy at Savannah, Georgia in 1813. She was captured at sea by the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Belvidera on 25 December 1813 while sailing from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Newcastle, Delaware without her armament or stores.

References

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