control of Lake Erie and diminishing the prospect of British attacks on western New York and winning the Battle of Lake Champlain, spoiling British invasion plans.Ĭommodore Stephen Decatur, a hero of the Tripolitan wars, burnished his fame on October 25, 1812, when his 56-gun frigate USS United States captured the 49-gun frigate HMS Macedonian. Navy included a victory by the USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") over HMS Guerriere winning the Battle of Lake Erie, ensuring U.S.
Navy's pluck and resourcefulness would inflict punishing setbacks on its larger opponent. Britain's navy began its war in North Atlantic waters with a crushing advantage over the United States in numbers of both ships and sailors, but events were to prove that the U.S.
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