Add this beautifully detailed engraving to your collection today and celebrate this iconic early naval ship and history. Engraved by Samuel Seymour and published by James Webster in Philadelphia, this scene was based on the similarly-titled oil painting, Engagement between the United States and the Macedonian, by Thomas Birch. Rebel Ironclad Merrimac Destroying the US Frigate Congress Artist Xanthus Russell Smith (American, 1839 - 1929) Date1862 Mediumoil on canvas mounted to waxed. Frigate United States Capturing His Britannic Majesty's Frigate Macedonian. Newly added to our inventory is the 1815 engraving The U.S. The victory marked an important American triumph over British sea power, so much so that scenes of the two frigates in battle were painted, engraved, and sold to an American public eager to celebrate the win. The United States crew were celebrated as heroes when they returned home with the captured Macedonian and all were awarded a portion of the Macedonian's $200,000 prize value. Though strategically insignificant, the loss of the Macedonian was a major blow to the Royal Navy’s prestige and aura of invincibility. Decatur's ship damaged the Macedonian 's hull, dismasted, and captured her. United States in the Philadelphia shipyard Gurney and Smith as a young adult and had later served as a midshipman aboard the United States during the Quasi-War with France.) On October 25, 1812, the USS United States spotted the HMS Macedonian off the Canary Islands. Though not intended to operate alone against enemy capital ships, frigates are now primarily used to support destroyer squadrons and carrier battle groups by performing escort, anti-submarine. (Decatur had actually supervised the construction of the U.S.S. United States was commanded by Captain Stephan Decatur. When the War of 1812 began on June 18, the U.S.S. United States, a wooden hulled, three-masted frigate, was the first of the six ships to be launched. Designed by the renowned naval architect Joshua Humphreys, these six ships were powerful enough to take on any British or French frigate and fast enough to engage in battle. ![]() ![]() On March 27, 1794, the United States Congress authorized construction of the original six frigates of the United States Navy. The First Frigate of the United States Navy USS Constitution In 1797, three of the US Navys first six major ships were rated as 44-gun frigates (or 'super-frigates'), which operationally carried fifty-six to sixty 24-pounder long guns and 32-pounder or 42-pounder carronades on two decks by all regards they were exceptionally powerful and tough.
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