In the last post, I wrote that Sinclair was stationed on this ship as a surgeon. Well, let's face it, a ship commissioned in the Confederate Navy with a name like the United States might seem a bit strange. So, I did a little more research on it.
From Wikipedia.
USS UNITED STATES
This ship certainly had a long and distinguished history in the United States Navy and was one of the six original frigates authorized by the USS Congress under the Naval Act of 1794. This means she was a sister ship of the famed USS Constitution.
She was built in Philadelphia at a cost of $299,336 and launched on 10 May 1797.
She saw service in the Quasi War with France, but did not participate in the First Barbary War. In the War of 1812, she had a famed battle with the HMS Macedonian.
--Old B-Runner
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