USS Enterprise (1799)

The third US ship to be named Enterprise was a schooner, built by Henry Spencer at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1799. Her first commander thought that she was too lightly built and that her quarters, in particular, should be bulletproofed. Enterprise was overhauled and rebuilt several times, effectively changing from a twelve-gun schooner to a fourteen-gun topsail schooner and eventually to a brig. Enterprise saw action in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean again, capturing numerous prizes. She wrecked in July 1823.

USS Adams (1799)

USS Adams was a 28-gun (rated) sailing frigate of the United States Navy. She was laid down in 1797 at New York City by John Jackson and William Sheffield and launched on 8 June 1799. Captain Richard Valentine Morris took command of the ship

USS Intrepid (1798)

The first USS Intrepid was a captured ketch in the United States Navy during the First Barbary War

USS Shenandoah (1862)

The first USS Shenandoah was a wooden screw sloop of the United States Navy

USS Trippe (1812)

USS Trippe was a sloop in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. She was named in honour of John Trippe

USS Erie (1813)

USS Erie was a three-masted, wooden-hulled sloop-of-war of the United States Navy in the early 19th century

USS Java (1815)

USS Java was a wooden-hulled, sailing frigate in the United States Navy, bearing 44 guns. She was named for the American victory over HMS Java off the coast of Brazil on 29 December 1812, captured by the Constitution under the command of Captain William

USS Ontario (1813)

The second USS Ontario was a three-masted, wooden-hulled sloop of war in the United States Navy, bearing 16 guns, and saw service during and following the years of the War of 1812 and in the Second Barbary War. Ontario was built by Thomas Kemp, Baltimore

USS Bourbon

USS Bourbon was a frigate in the Continental Navy, named for the House of Bourbon

USS Raritan (1843)

The first USS Raritan was a wooden-hulled, three-masted sailing frigate of the United States Navy built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, laid down in 1820, but not launched until 13 June 1843, sponsored by Commodore Frederick Engle. She was one of the last

Margaret Leshikar-Denton

Margaret E. "Peggy" Leshikar-Denton is an archaeologist specialising in underwater archaeology, and director of the Cayman Islands National Museum