American Fifth Rate frigate 'Java' (1815)

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2414
Nominal Guns44DANFS
NationalityUnited States of America
OperatorUnited States Navy
Keel Laid Down1814DANFS
Launched1815DANFS
How acquiredPurpose builtDANFS
ShipyardBaltimore - Maryland DANFS
Constructor
Flannigan & ParsonsAmerican
Ship Builder
DANFS
CategoryFifth RateDANFS
Ship TypeFrigateDANFS
Sailing RigShip RiggedDANFS
Broken Up1842DANFS

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentDANFS
Length of Gundeck175' 0"US Feet53.34 
Breadth44' 6"US Feet13.4493 
Draught Aft13' 8"US Feet4.0301 
Displacement1,576Ton 

Armament


1815Broadside Weight = 948 Imperial Pound ( 429.918 kg)DANFS
Upper Gun Deck32 American 32-Pounder
Spardeck20 American 42-Pounder Carronade
Spardeck1 American 32-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1815400 DANFS

3 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1815 - 3.1817Captain
Oliver Hazard PerryAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1813
E-WIKI1818 - 1819Captain
Lewis WarringtonAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1827-1851
W0531827 - 1831Captain
William Montgomery CraneAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1799-1842
E-WIKI

1 Flag Officer


DatesRankNameSource
1830 - 1831Commodore
James BiddleAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1770-1812
DANFS

7 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1815Lieutenant
William V TaylorAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1813
W0521815Lieutenant
Dugomier TaylorAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1819
W0521815Lieutenant
Edward R McCallAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1853
W0521815Lieutenant
Joseph S McPhersonAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1882
W0521815Lieutenant
Dulany ForrestAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1813
W05227.4.1816 - 1816Lieutenant
Thomas W WymanAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1854
W0521818Lieutenant
Thomas Holdup StevensAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1841
USNR-1818

4 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1815Surgeon
Usher ParsonsAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1882
W0521815Purser
Edward FitzgeraldAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1811-1857
W0521815Master
Jacob MullAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1851
W0528.7.1815 - 1815Gunner
John FairAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1785-1885
W052

22 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
1815Midshipman
Lachlan CuthbertAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1820
W0521815Midshipman
Henry E TurnerAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1784-1820
W0521815Midshipman
Merrit S ScottAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1784-1825
W0521815Midshipman
Robert M SummersAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1784-1884
W0521815Midshipman
Nathaniel AlexanderAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1784-1884
W0521815Midshipman
Augustus SwartwoutAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1882
W0521815Midshipman
John W PalmerAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1814-1840
W0521815Midshipman
William PollardAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1784-1884
W0521815Midshipman
William B NicholsonAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1784-1827
W0521815Midshipman
Robert F MartinAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1784-1825
W0521815Midshipman
William W McKeanAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1784-1865
W0521815Midshipman
Samuel W LecompteAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1862
W0521815Midshipman
John M HuntAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1784-1884
W0521815Midshipman
Henry D HunterAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1814-1851
W0521815Midshipman
Peleg K DunhamAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1822
W0521815 - 23.3.1815Midshipman
Robert CranstonAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1882
W0521815Surgeon's Mate
Thomas V WiesenthalAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1814-1829
W05228.1.1815 - 1815Midshipman
Franklin BuchananAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1785-1885
W0522.3.1815 - 1815Midshipman
Robert PotterAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1785-1885
W0527.3.1815 - 1815Midshipman
John M BoardleyAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1785-1885
W0522.5.1815 - 1815Midshipman
Thomas DorninAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1785-1874
W0521830Midshipman
Samuel Phillips LeeAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1812-1897
W061

1 Marine


DatesRankNameSource
1815 - 18.4.1817Marine Captain
John HeathAmerican
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1881
W052

Service History


DateEventSource
5.8.1815Left Baltimore for NewportDANFS
22.1.1816Left Newport for the MediterraneanDANFS
25.1.1817Left GibraltarDANFS
2.3.1817Arrived in Boston where she was laid upDANFS
1827Recommissioned and served in the MediterraneanDANFS
1831Returned to the United StatesDANFS
1831Receiving ship at NorfolkDANFS
1842Broken up at NorfolkDANFS

 
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