USS Brandywine (1825)
USS Brandywine (formerly named Susquehanna) was a wooden-hulled, three-masted frigate of the United States Navy bearing 44 guns which had the initial task of conveying the Marquis de Lafayette back to France. She was later recommissioned a number of times for service in various theaters, such as in the Mediterranean, in China and in the South Atlantic Ocean.
During several instances she served as a role player in American gunboat diplomacy, a role she was well suited for with her large long-range 32-pounder guns and her short-range carronades which produced fragmentation and fire damage to the ship fired upon, as well as splinter and shrapnel injury to its crew.
Read more about USS Brandywine (1825): 1825: Conveying Marquis De Lafayette To France, 1825: European Operations, 1826: Pacific Ocean Operations, 1830: Gunboat Diplomacy in Europe, 1832: Demonstrating American Firepower, 1834: Pacific Ocean Operations, 1839: The Caroline Incident, 1841: Avoiding War With Britain, 1843: China Operations, 1847: Brazil Station Operations, 1861: American Civil War Operations, 1864: Brandywine Sinks At Her Moorings, Note