U.S. Ships-of-the-Line

I have been writing about the United States ships-of-the-line in my Not So Forgetten War of 1812 blog this last week. A few ships dated before the War of 1812, but others were built with the realization of British seapower.

One of those ships, the USS New Hampshire, then called the USS Granite City, survived until 1921/1922, but caught fire twice, sinking in the Hudson River by New York City, later raised and towed to Maine.

Along the way, it caught fire again and sank where it remains to this day. --Cooter