Lake Ontario Maritime History

  Watertown Daily Times February 9, 1880  A PATRIOTIC JOB OF 1834. Eighty-Four Men Carry Five Tons of Ship Cable on  Their Shoulders from Sandy Creek to Sackets Harbor -  Tho Story of One of the Surviving Participants.    In Hough’s History of Jefferson County it is related that in the spring of 1814, the frigate  Superior (66  guns) was launched, and Mohawk and Jones  were on the stocks. The rigging and armament for these vessels were transported via the Mohawk river and Wood creek and so on to Oswego, at which point they were loaded in boats to proceed to Sackets Harbor. But a British fleet having stationed itself at the Galloo Islands,  the boats were prevented from passing around Six Town Point.    Accordingly, an attempt was made to ch the mouth of Stony Creek, from which point to Henderson Harbor a land carriage of only three miles intervened.  But the boats were chased into Sandy Creek, where the guns, rigging, etc., were loaded on to wagons for transportation to Sacke

    Vessels Built for United States Navy for War of 1812 on Lake Ontario                          (Subject to Change)                   Compiled by Richard F. Palmer                             Part I Chippewa Gunship 74 guns 204’ x 56’. Laid down Oct. 5, 1814 at Storrs Harbor near Sackets Harbor.Adam and Noah Brown, builders. Never launched. Sold on ways Nov. 1, 1833 and burned for old iron. Preserved under a ship house. General Pike Corvette 26 guns 900 tons 145’ x 37’ x 15’. Launched Sackets Harbor June 12, 1813. Built by Eckford. Sold March 23, 1825 to Robert Hugunin. Jefferson Brig 18 guns 509 tons 121’6” x 31’6”. Launched Sackets Harbor April 7, 1814. Built by Eckford. Sold March 25, 1825. Sunk and decayed at Navy Point, by 1823. Jones Brig 18 guns 509 tons (same dimensions as Jefferson ). Built by Eckford. Launched Sackets Harbor April 10, 1814. Sold March 25, 1825. Sunk and decayed at Sackets Harbor by 1823. Lady of the Lake Schooner 1 gun 289 tons. Launched Sacke