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'''USS ''President''''', one of the six original frigates of the [[United States Navy]], was built by Christian Bergh, East River, New York; launched 10 April 1800; and sailed from New York on her first cruise, 5 August 1800, Comodore [[Thomas Truxton]] in command.
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| name=USS ''President''
| image=USS President.jpg
| caption=
| flag-raw=[[File:15 star flag.png|40px]] [[Image:15 star Jack.PNG|30px]]
| flag-caption=
| owner=United States Navy
| built=Christian Bergh Shipyard<br/>East River, New York
| authorized=27 March 1794
| keellaid=
| launched=10 April 1800
| commissioned=July 1800
| retired=
| status=Captured in war, 15 January 1815<br/>Broken up in Portsmouth, England 1817
| type=Sail frigate
| displ=1,244 t
| length=175 ft at waterline
| beam=44.3 ft
| draft=13.9 ft
| speed=13+ knots
| test=
| armament=thirty-two 24 pd guns<br>twenty-two 42 pd carronades
| crew=420 officers and men
| troops=
| pass=
|}
}}
'''USS ''President''''', one of the six original frigates of the [[United States Navy]], was built by Christian Bergh, East River, New York; launched 10 April 1800; and sailed from New York on her first cruise, 5 August 1800, Commodore [[Thomas Truxton]] in command.
''President'' was the flagship of Commodore Richard Dale in the Mediterranean in 1801 and 1802. She cruised in the Mediterranean in 1804 and 1805, participating in the actions against [[Tripoli]]. She cruised off the eastern coast of the United States from 1809 to 1812. She sailed from [[Annapolis]], [[Maryland]], 12 May 1811 and met and fired on British sloop of war HMS ''Little Belt'', 22 guns.
''President'' was the flagship of Commodore Richard Dale in the Mediterranean in 1801 and 1802. She cruised in the Mediterranean in 1804 and 1805, participating in the actions against [[Tripoli]]. She cruised off the eastern coast of the United States from 1809 to 1812. She sailed from [[Annapolis]], [[Maryland]], 12 May 1811 and met and fired on British sloop of war HMS ''Little Belt'', 22 guns.
''President'' was taken into the Royal Navy, and as the only American heavy frigate lost to the British during the War of 1812 she was studied extensively. She was broken up at Portsmouth, England, in 1817.
''President'' was taken into the Royal Navy, and as the only American heavy frigate lost to the British during the War of 1812 she was studied extensively. She was broken up at Portsmouth, England, in 1817.
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