ADAMS, USS (1801, Brig)

Also known as:

HMS DETROIT

Year of Build:

1801

Built at:

River Rouge, MI

Vessel Type:

Brig

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

U.S. Naval Yard

Original Owner:

U. S. Government

Ownership Notes:

Operated by U. S. Army, rather than Navy.

Number of Masts:

2

Tonnage (old style):

100

Final Location:

Squaw Island,
Lake Erie.

Date:

Oct 1812

How:

Burned by U. S. Troops to avoid recapture.

Built for U. S. Army to transport troops and freight to various outposts.

1812, Sep Captured by British in Battle of Lake Erie; renamed DETROIT; recaptured by Americans October 8th; burned.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Donald V. Baut

Beers, History of the Great Lakes, J. B. Mansfield

John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley

Loudon G. Wilson