USS Eagle (1812)
USS Eagle, the second ship carrying the name. He was a merchant ship purchased at Vergennes, Vermont to serve on Lake Champlain in 1812 and prepared for service. He sailed on the lake under the command of Sailing Master J. Loomis as part of the lockout squadron of Commodore Thomas Macdonough. His task was to hinder the British from marching south of Canada. "Eagle" was captured by the British on June 3, 1813 near Ile aux Noix on the Canadian side of the lake and incorporated into the Royal Navy as "Finch". During his service as a British ship he was accompanied by an expedition that burned down the arsenal and warehouses in Plattsburg. He was re-enlisted by the Americans during the Battle of Lake Champlain on September 11, 1814 and reintroduced into the US Navy. After the war he was sold in July 1815 in Whitehall, New York. Bibliography wiki