USS Ontario (1813)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Ontario |
| Builder | Thomas Kemp, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Laid down | 1813 |
| Fate | Sold 15 July 1856 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Sloop-of-war |
| Displacement | 509 long tons (517 t) |
| Length | 117 ft 11 in (35.94 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 6 in (9.60 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 150 |
| Armament |
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The second USS Ontario was a three-masted, wooden-hulled sloop of war in the United States Navy, bearing 16 guns, and saw service during and following the years of the War of 1812 and in the Second Barbary War. Ontario was built by Thomas Kemp, Baltimore, Maryland, in 1813; blockaded in Chesapeake Bay through the War of 1812; and sailed from New York for the Mediterranean on 20 May 1815, Master Commandant Jesse D. Elliott in command.