USS Washington (1814)
| History | |
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Washington |
| Builder: | Portsmouth Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | May 1813 |
| Launched: | 1 October 1814 |
| Commissioned: | 26 August 1815 |
| Decommissioned: | 1820 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1843 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Ship of the line |
| Length: | 190 ft 10 in (58.17 m) p/p |
| Beam: | 54 ft 7.5 in (16.650 m) |
| Draft: | 24 ft 4 in (7.42 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) |
| Complement: | 750 |
| Armament: | 74 guns |
USS Washington was a ship of the line of the United States Navy.
The ship was authorized by the United States Congress on 2 January 1813 and was laid down in May of that year at the Portsmouth Navy Yard under a contract with the shipbuilders, Hart and Badger. The ship was launched on 1 October 1814 and was commissioned at Portsmouth on 26 August 1815, Captain John Orde Creighton in command.
After fitting out, Washington sailed for Boston on 3 December 1815. In the spring of the following year, the ship-of-the-line shifted to Annapolis, Maryland, and arrived there on 15 May 1816. Over the ensuing days, the man-of-war welcomed a number of distinguished visitors who came on board to inspect what was, in those days, one of the more powerful American ships afloat. The guests included Commodore John Rodgers and Capt. David Porter, Col. Franklin Wharton, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and President and Mrs. James Madison. The Chief Executive and his lady came on board "at half past meridian, to visit the ship, on which occasion yards were manned and they were saluted with 19 guns and three cheers."
Washington then sailed down Chesapeake Bay and embarked William Pinkney and his suite on 5 June. On 8 June, the ship of the line set sail for the Mediterranean flying the broad pennant of Commodore Isaac Chauncey, the commander of the Navy's fledgling Mediterranean Squadron. Washington reached Gibraltar on 2 July, en route to her ultimate destination, Naples.
Washington made port at Naples on 25 July, and Pickney debarked to commence his special mission—to adjust the claims of American merchants against the Neapolitan authorities. The talks ensued well into August. At the end of the month, the demands of diplomacy apparently satisfied, Washington set sail.
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