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USS ''Viper'' was a heavily armed row galley commissioned by the United States Navy for service in the War of 1812. She was successful in her operations against the British on Lake Champlain, and was retired after the war. == Built in Vermont == The second ship to be so named by the Navy, ''Viper'' was one of six large row galleys hastily built and commissioned in the mid-1814 at Vergennes, Vermont, for use by Commodore Thomas Macdonough against the British on Lake Champlain. == Service in the War of 1812 == Under the command of Lieutenant Francis Mitchell, ''Viper'' participated in the capture of the British squadron, under Commodore George Downie, off Plattsburg, New York, on 11 September 1814, where she helped drive the surviving enemy gunboats back towards Canada. This American naval victory ended English attempts to invade and split the United States in two by way of the Lake Champlain-Hudson River corridor, immeasurably strengthening the American bargaining position during peace negotiations at Ghent. ''Viper'' remained with the squadron for the remainder of the war but, with the return of peace, was partially dismantled and laid up at Whitehall, New York. 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 Viper (1814)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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