USS Wasp (1813)
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| Name: | USS Wasp |
| Namesake: | The wasp, a stinging insect |
| Acquired: | 1813 |
| Commissioned: | Summer 1813 |
| Fate: | Returned to owners in 1814 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Sloop |
| Armament: | 2 x 12-pounder guns |
For other ships of the same name, see USS Wasp.
The fourth USS Wasp was a sloop that served in the U.S. Navy from 1813 to 1814.
Wasp was chartered on Lake Champlain late in the summer of 1813 and served as a tender for Commodore Thomas Macdonough's fleet in the War of 1812 during the latter part of 1813 and into 1814.
Small and a poor sailer, Wasp saw no combat. She was returned to her owners early in 1814, and her gun battery was transferred to the newly launched schooner USS Ticonderoga.
References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
