USS Torch
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USS Torch was a schooner—heavily armed with guns and carronades—in the United States Navy during the early years of the republic. She was built for service in the War of 1812, but did not see service until the Barbary Wars when she was sent with the American fleet to the Mediterranean to force an end to piracy of American ships.
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United States | |
Name | Torch |
Laid down | date unknown |
Acquired | 1814 |
In service | 20 May 1815 |
Out of service | 1816 |
Fate | Sold 3 April 1816 |
General characteristics | |
Type | schooner |
Displacement | 260 tons |
Length | 106' (between perpendiculars) |
Beam | 26' 0" |
Draft | 11' 9" |
Propulsion | schooner sail |
Speed | not known |
Complement | 60 |
Armament |
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