USS Gallatin (1807)

Career (US)
Name: USS Gallatin
Laid down: c 1807
Launched: c 1807
Commissioned: c 1812
Fate: exploded, and sank
1 April 1813
General characteristics
Displacement: not known
Length: not known
Beam: not known
Speed: not known
Complement: not known

USS Gallatin (1807) was a post-Revolutionary War sailing vessel purchased by the U.S. Department of the Treasury at Norfolk, Virginia, for the Revenue Cutter Service in December 1807.

Anti-smuggling operations

In the ensuing years, she was active in suppressing smuggling and in assisting American Merchantmen.

War of 1812 service

Acting under Navy orders during the War of 1812, she intercepted a British "letter of marque" sailing from Jamaica for England and took her after a fierce eight-hour battle 6 August 1812. She subsequently captured several merchantmen.

She caught fire at Charleston, South Carolina, exploded, and sank 1 April 1813.

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