USS Niagara (1813)
Niagara near Put-in-Bay, Ohio in June 2009
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| Name: | Niagara |
| Owner: | Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission |
| Operator: | Flagship Niagara League |
| Ordered: | 31 December 1812 |
| Launched: | 4 June 1813 |
| Sunk: | 1820 |
| Raised: | 6 March 1913 |
| Restored: | 1913, 1931–1943, 1963, 1988 |
| Homeport: | Erie, Pennsylvania |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Niagara-class snow-brig |
| Displacement: | 297 long tons (302 t) |
| Length: | 110 ft 8 in (33.7 m) LBP |
| Beam: | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
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| Draft: | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Sail plan: | 12,665 sq ft (1,177 m2) on two masts |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
2 cutters, 1 yawl |
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| Tons burthen: | 492 60⁄95 tons |
| Complement: | 155 officers and enlisted |
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| Tonnage: | 162 GT |
| Installed power: | 2 × 200 bhp (150 kW) diesel engines |
| Crew: | 20 professional, 20 volunteer |
| Armament: | 2 × 32-pounder carronades |
| Official name | U.S.S. Niagara |
| Designated | 11 April 1973 |
| Reference no. | 73001628 |
Coordinates: 42°8′14″N 80°5′15″W / 42.13722°N 80.08750°W
USS Niagara, commonly called the US Brig Niagara or the Flagship Niagara, is a wooden-hulled snow-brig that served as the relief flagship for Oliver Hazard Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. As the ship is certified for sail training by the United States Coast Guard, it also designated SSV Niagara. Niagara is one of the last remaining ships from the War of 1812, and is usually docked behind the Erie Maritime Museum in downtown Erie in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania as an outdoor exhibit for the museum. It also often travels the Great Lakes during the summer, serving as an ambassador of Pennsylvania when not docked. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and was designated the official state ship of Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1988.
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