 U.S.S. Brandywine off Malta, November 6, 1831
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Brandywine |
| Namesake | Battle of Brandywine |
| Ordered | as Susquehanna |
| Builder | Washington Navy Yard |
| Laid down | September 20, 1821 |
| Launched | June 16, 1825 |
| Commissioned | August 25, 1825 |
| Out of service | September 3, 1864 |
| Stricken | 1867 (est.) |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | frigate |
| Tonnage | 1708 |
| Length | 175 ft (53 m)(between perpendiculars) |
| Beam | 45 ft (14 m) |
| Draft | 22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) |
| Depth of hold | 14 ft 5 in (4.39 m) |
| Propulsion | Frigate sail |
| Speed | 13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h) |
| Complement | 480 officers and enlisted |
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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.