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USS Ferret (II)

Schooner:
  • Built, date and location unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Purchased by the U.S. Navy at Charleston, S.C., in November 1812, Acting LT. C. E. Crowley, USN in command
  • Based on Charleston, Ferret patrolled the sounds and inlets of the South Carolina coast to protect inland navigation in the War of 1812
  • Final Disposition, On 2 February 1814, while making passage from Port Royal to Charleston for supplies, she grounded in Stono Inlet during a gale. Although breakers completely wrecked their ship, her officers and men made shore safely
    Specifications:
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    Depth of Hold unknown
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    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament eight guns
    Propulsion sail
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