USS ''Wasp'' was a sloop that served in the

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from 1813 to 1814. ''Wasp'' was chartered on

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late in the summer of 1813 and served as a tender for Commodore Thomas Macdonlough's fleet in the

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during the latter part of 1813 and into 1814. ''Wasp'' saw no combat. As she was small and a poor sailer, the Navy returned her to her owners early in 1814. Her guns were transferred to the newly-launched schooner .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wasp (1813) Sloops of the United States Navy War of 1812 ships of the United States Age of Sail naval ships of the United States 1813 ships