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USS Ranger (1814)

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Name
  
USS Ranger

Fate
  
Sold in 1816

Sail plan
  
schooner-rigged

Acquired
  
March 1814

Type
  
Schooner

Namesake
  
A wanderer, or military scout

USS Ranger was an armed schooner that served in the U.S. Navy from 1814 to 1816.

Ranger, probably a former privateer, was purchased in Baltimore, Maryland, in March 1814. She was used as a lookout vessel in Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812. She was sold in Baltimore in 1816.

References

USS Ranger (1814) Wikipedia