Name USS Montgomery Builder Thomas MacDonough Type Sloop or schooner Operation War of 1812 | Namesake Richard Montgomery Fate Sold, 1815 Launched 1813 | |
Acquired by purchase, 6 August 1813 | ||
USS Montgomery, a sloop or schooner, was built in 1813 by Thomas MacDonough and purchased on 6 August 1813 for duty on Lake Champlain, preventing plundering expeditions and convoying Wade Hampton's troops trying to penetrate into Canada. Montgomery continued service on the lake until deactivated and sold in 1815.
She was named for Brigadier General Richard Montgomery who fought and died in the American Revolutionary War.
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