The Second USS New York

Built in 1800, it was a three-masted, wooden-hulled, sailing frigate built by the state for the federal government through public subscription by the citizens of New York.

It was 145 feet long and participated in the Quasi War with France. It had a crew of 340 and mounted 26X18-pdr. guns and 20X32-pdr carronades.

Served in the Caribbean and then sent to the Barbary Coast in 1802. From 1803 to 1814 it was in ordinary in Washington Navy Yard and burned by the British when they captured Washington D.C. in the War of 1812.

--Cooter