USS Argus (1803)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Argus |
| Laid down: | 12 May 1803 |
| Launched: | 21 August 1803 |
| Fate: | Captured, 14 August 1813 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Brig |
| Tonnage: | 299 |
| Length: | 94 ft 6 in (28.80 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft 2 in (8.59 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Complement: | 142 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | • 2 × 12-pounder guns • 16 × 24-pounder carronades |
USS Argus was a brig in the United States Navy during the First Barbary War and the War of 1812.
Argus was laid down as Merrimack on 12 May 1803 at Boston, Massachusetts, by Edmund Hartt; renamed Argus on 4 June 1803; and launched on 21 August 1803.
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