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USS Fox (I)

Schooner:
  • Built, date and location unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Purchased, 20 December 1822, at Baltimore, MD.
  • Outfitted at Norfolk, VA.
  • Commissioned USS Fox in early in 1823, LT. W. H. Cocke, USN in command
  • Assigned to CAPT. D. Porter's "Mosquito Fleet," a group of small ships whose mission was the suppression of piracy in the West Indies
  • USS Fox sailed from Hampton Roads, 14 February 1823, with her squadron
  • She was sent into San Juan, Puerto Rico, 6 March, to inquire about another ship of the squadron earlier sent in to acquaint the Spanish Governor with Porter's mission
  • Fox was fired upon, and her commanding officer killed
  • All demands for an explanation brought only expressions of regret, but no satisfactory reasons for the unwarranted act of belligerency
  • In April 1823, Fox, with another schooner and two barges, made a highly successful expedition against buccaneers operating on the coast of Cuba
  • A schooner, a sloop, and a felucca were captured, and a pirate settlement ashore put to the torch
  • Fox continued to serve in the West Indies, based on Key West, for the following 3 years
  • As well as protecting American commerce, she carried specie between Havana, Tampico, and New Orleans, and north to Washington when she sailed for her repair periods
  • Returning to Norfolk, 19 July 1826, Fox was immediately ordered to Baltimore, where she served as receiving ship
  • Decommissioned, date unknown and sold 8 December 1837
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
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