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USS Firebrand
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Campaign Medal
Schooner:
Purchased in New Orleans, April 1815. First put to sea in August 1815, Lieutenant T. S. Cunningham in command
On her first cruise, in August and September 1815, she recaptured an American sloop and a Spanish ship from the pirates near Isle Cayes, and captured an armed schooner commanded by one of the Barataria pirates
Late in 1819, she apprehended four smugglers' boats off the Sabine, and took the armed schooner La Maison commanded by a buccaneer from the New Orleans area.
Anchored near Pass Christian, Miss., 28 July 1819 to take on provisions from Bay Saint Louis, Firebrand was wrecked on Square Handkerchief Shoal in a heavy gale. Thirty-six of her crew, all of those who were not ashore on provisioning and other ship's business, were lost with their ship.
Specifications:
Displacement Unknown
Length 70 ft
Beam 21 ft
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft 10.5 ft
Speed Unknown
Complement 52
Armament
1x 6 pound cannon
6x 12 pound cannon
Propulsion
Sail
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USS Firebrand
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
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Last Updated 2 January 2024