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USS ''Chippewa'' was a brig built in 1815 at Warren, Rhode Island, under the direction of Commodore Oliver Perry, and sent to New York City to be outfitted and manned. ''Chippewa'' sailed from Boston, Massachusetts, 3 July 1815, with Lieutenant George C. Read in command, as a part of a squadron under the command of Commodore William Bainbridge. It was intended to go to the Mediterranean for use against the Barbary pirates based in North Africa. Before the squadron's arrival in the Mediterranean, another squadron under the command of Commodore Stephen Decatur had succeeded in making peace with the Dey of Algiers. Bainbridge, after showing the flag in several ports in the Mediterranean, departed for home 6 October 1815. Upon her arrival at Boston, ''Chippewa'' was placed in ordinary service. ''Chippewa'' sailed from Boston 27 November 1816 for the Gulf of Mexico to join the frigate ''Congress'' in the anti-piracy, anti-slave trade patrols in the Caribbean. The United States and Britain were cooperating in attempts to suppress the international slave trade. The ''Chippewa'' ran aground on an uncharted reef in the Bahamas off East Caicos and sank 12 December 1816 without loss of life. In 2008, the wreck of the ''Chippewa'' was found by a NOAA-supported expedition searching with representatives of Turks & Caicos Islands seeking the ''Trouvadore,'' a Spanish slave ship that wrecked in 1841 in the same area. They had found wreckage of a wooden ship in 2004, and 2008 was the third field season. The ''Chippewa'' wreck was identified by the unique 32-pounder carronade armament. The US team is also seeking the wreckage of the ''USS Onkahye,'' another 19th-century ship that conducted anti-piracy/anti-slavery patrols; it was lost in 1848 in that area.〔("Anti-piracy/Anti-slavery patrols" ), Slave Ship Trouvadore website, accessed 7 April 2013〕 ==References== * 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Chippewa (1815)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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