On August 16, 1822, during its first cruise, the schooner USS Grampus encountered a Puerto Rico-based pirate ship flying Spanish colors and sailing under bogus privateer papers. The American ship quickly reduced the outlaw vessel to a floating wreck.
Sailmaker Charles Cassell drew this plan showing the size and shape of the schooner’s sails.
More about the USS Grampus in Designs for Democracy…
Today’s Document from the National Archives
Comments are closed.
