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[[Image:USSChesapeake1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|USS ''Chesapeake'', by F. Muller.]]
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|colspan="2"|[[Image:USSChesapeake1.jpg|300px|USS Chesapeake]]
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! style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| Career
! style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| [[Image:15 star Jack.PNG|48px|USN Jack]]
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| Launched:
| 2 December 1799
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| Commissioned:
| 1800
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| Fate:
| Captured by [[United Kingdom|British]], 1 June 1813
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!colspan="2" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 1,244 tons (1254 [[metric ton|t]])
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| Length:
| 152.7 ft (46.5 m)
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| Beam:
| 41.3 ft (12.6 m)
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| Depth:
| 20 ft (6.1 m)
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| Complement:
| 340 officers and enlisted
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| Armament:
| 28 × 18-pounder long guns <br>20 × 32-pounder carronades
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'''USS ''Chesapeake''''', a 36-gun sail frigate, was one of the original six frigates built for the [[United States Navy]] in the late 18th century. ''Chesapeake'' was notable for the forced removal of several of her crew in the [[Chesapeake-Leopard Affair]] in 1807, as well as her loss to HMS ''Shannon'' during the [[War of 1812]].
'''USS ''Chesapeake''''', a 36-gun sail frigate, was one of the original six frigates built for the [[United States Navy]] in the late 18th century. ''Chesapeake'' was notable for the forced removal of several of her crew in the [[Chesapeake-Leopard Affair]] in 1807, as well as her loss to HMS ''Shannon'' during the [[War of 1812]].