New Orleans (Schiff, 1814)
.jpg) Der nicht fertiggestellte Rumpf der New Orleans im Jahr 1883 | ||||||||||||
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Die New Orleans war ein nicht fertiggestelltes Linienschiff (Zweidecker) der amerikanische Marine, aus den 1810er Jahren.
Geschichte
Die New Orleans wurde am 15. Dezember 1814 unter der Bauaufsicht von Henry Eckford auf der Werft von Adam und Noah Brown in Sackets Harbor am Ontariosee auf Kiel gelegt. Sie war für den Einsatz auf den Großen Seen während des Britisch-Amerikanischen Krieges (1812–1815) vorgesehen, für welchen Eckford bereits acht Handelsschiffe umgerüstet und drei weitere Schiffe – zwei Fregatten und eine Korvette – gebaut hatte. Doch wurde ihr Bau nach Kriegsende im März 1815 eingestellt. Der unfertige Rumpf verblieb aber vor Ort und in den Listen der amerikanischen Marine, bis er am 24. September 1883 zum Abbruch an H. Wilkinson Jr. verkauft wurde.
Weblinks
- New Orleans I (Cruiser) auf Naval History and Heritage Command (englisch)
- New Orleans auf hazegray.org (englisch)
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Digital reproduction of the Star Spangled Banner Flag, the 15-star and 15-stripe U.S. garrison flag which flew over Fort McHenry following the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Seeing the flag during the battle, and again the following morning, inspired Francis Scott Key's song The Star-Spangled Banner, now the U.S. national anthem. During the battle a smaller "storm flag" was flown; it was replaced by this larger flag early the next morning, which is the flag Key saw then. This larger flag is now displayed at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. For several decades it remained in the family of Fort McHenry's commanding officer, before being given to the Smithsonian in 1912. The family cut pieces out of the flag from time to time as gifts.
The original flag was 42 feet long and 30 feet high, with each stripe being about two feet, and the stars being about two feet in diameter. It was made by Mary Young Pickersgill and her assistants. More info on the original dimensions here. The stars seem to mostly point to the side, except for one (the bottom right) which points down. One star has been cut out of the actual flag, so I'm guessing that originally pointed to the side as well (Fort McHenry flies a flag (File:Ft mchenry 15starflag.jpg) with a similar star pattern, but it looks like they are all to the side, and the other dimensions look similar to a modern flag). I guesstimated other dimensions and star positions based on File:Star-Spangled-Banner-1908-1919.jpg; the union (blue area) looks to be about 19 feet wide. The star rows look to be evenly distributed; i.e. the distance between the top/bottom edges and the center of a star row looks to be about the same as the distance between two (centers of) rows. Not so left-to-right; they are pretty close to the right edge and even closer to the hoist side. Also available here, page 12.
The incomplete United States Navy ship-of-the-line USS New Orleans on the building ways