Lost at Sea in the "Frigate Hornet"
USS Hornet - a 441-ton brig-sloop built at Baltimore, MD, was commissioned in Oct 1805. She operated along the U.S. Atlantic coast and in the Mediterranean until decommissioned in late 1807. Re-commissioned in 1808, she again cruised in US waters and took dispatches to Europe. In 1811 Hornet was converted to a ship-sloop at the Washington Navy Yard, D.C. While off Tampico, Mexico, on 29 September 1829, USS Hornet was dismasted in a gale and sank with her entire complement.
Lost at Sea in the "Frigate Hornet"
USS Hornet - a 441-ton brig-sloop built at Baltimore, MD, was commissioned in Oct 1805. She operated along the U.S. Atlantic coast and in the Mediterranean until decommissioned in late 1807. Re-commissioned in 1808, she again cruised in US waters and took dispatches to Europe. In 1811 Hornet was converted to a ship-sloop at the Washington Navy Yard, D.C. While off Tampico, Mexico, on 29 September 1829, USS Hornet was dismasted in a gale and sank with her entire complement.
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