USS Sea Horse (1812)

USS Sea Horse (1812)

The first USS "Sea Horse" was a one-gun schooner, purchased by the Navy in 1812 for service on Lake Borne, near New Orleans, Louisiana, as part of a squadron of gunboats, under the command of Lt. Thomas Catesby Jones, opposing the British advance on that city.

On the night of 13 December 1814, after repelling two attacks by armed British launches, she was beached by her commanding officer, Sailing Master William Johnson, and burned to prevent capture.


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