The Shining Sea (63 page)

St. Catharine's Island,
76
,
79–82
,
84

St. Helena Island (in South Atlantic),
15
,
53
,
78
,
83
,
84
,
148

St. Nicholas (island),
66

St. Salvador,
73–77

St. Sebastian Island,
76
,
79–80

Staines, Sir Thomas,
224

Stanley, Martin,
258

Stavers, William,
154–155

Sterrett, Andrew,
21–22

Stevenson, Robert Louis,
172
,
185

Stewart, Charles,
21
,
23

Stoddert, Benjamin,
19
,
52

Strangford (Viscount),
113

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople,
26

Sumatra,
268

Sumter, Thomas, Jr.,
75
,
112
,
117
,
150
,
243
,
261

Tahiti,
261

Taiohae Bay,
185–186

Taiohae Tribe,
187–197
,
258–259

Taipi,
189
,
195
,
199–207

Talbot, Silas,
xi
,
21

Tamaha (Tahitian),
182
,
216

Tangiers,
23

Tattoos,
192

Thames (in Canada), Battle of the,
151

Thomas, John,
258

Thompson, Smith,
274

Three-watch vs. two-watch system,
61

Treaty at Ghent,
x
,
264

Treaty of Amiens,
265

Treaty of Lircay (1814),
244

Treaty of Methuen (1703),
103

Tripoli
(Tripolitan navy warship),
22

Tripoli (U.S. war with),
xi
,
12
,
21–24
,
27–35
,
53
,
54

Tropic of Cancer (crossing of line ceremony),
59–60

Truxtun, Thomas,
19
,
20
,
21–22
,
24
,
29
,
61
,
175
,
177–178
,
273

Tucker, Thomas,
80
,
164
,
222
,
223
,
229
,
260–261

Tumbes (Peru),
145

Tunisia,
23
,
27

Two-watch vs. three-watch system,
61

Typee
(Melville),
189

U.S. Congress,
264
,
269

       
Civil War and,
271
,
272

       
declaration of war,
9

       
funding for War of 1812 and,
252

       
on building of warships,
49

       
U.S. Navy and,
49

U.S. Constitution,
x
,
13

U.S. Navy

       
at beginning of War of 1812,
13–14

       
British Royal Navy vs.,
xi
,
9
,
13

       
history of beginnings of,
12–13
,
49

       
importance of role of, in War of 1812,
x–xi

       
just before War of 1812,
14–15

       
Madison (James) and,
9–16

       
officer corps of,
xi

       
reduction of,
21

       
See also names of USS ships

USS
Adams
,
47–48

USS
Alliance
,
50

USS
Amphitheatre
,
21

USS
Argus
,
23

USS
Beagle
,
275

USS
Charlton
,
155

USS
Charon
,
260
,
261

USS
Chesapeake
,
22
,
37–38
,
158

USS
Congress
,
51–53
,
54

USS
Constellation
,
21–22
,
158
,
175
,
177–178
,
273–274

USS
Constitution
(Old Ironsides),
14
,
15
,
167

       
assigned to Bainbridge (William),
15

       
Essex
compared to,
51

       
in early months of War of 1812,
55
,
69
,
73
,
76
,
77–78
,
79

       
in Quasi-War,
19–20
,
21

       
in war with Tripoli,
23

USS
Dolphin
,
268

USS
Eliza
,
18

USS
Enterprise
,
21–22
,
23
,
35–36

USS
Epervier
,
266

USS
Essex
,
106–110
,
113–117
,
149–152
,
166–170

       
after capture in Pacific,
235
,
237
,
239–240
,
243
,
247–248
,
251
,
252
,
262
,
263–264
,
272–273

       
armaments of,
47–49
,
85

       
as most famous voyage of War of 1812,
xi–xii

       
assigned to Bainbridge (William),
15–16

       
at beginning of voyage to Pacific,
83–103

       
at beginning of War of 1812,
40–45
,
55–68
,
69–85

       
at Washington Navy Yard,
54

       
background of,
49–52

       
Bainbridge as skipper of,
26

       
capture of, in battle with British ships,
215–233

       
end for,
243

       
first cruise of, during War of 1812,
1–8
,
15

       
first mission of,
51–52

       
HMS
Alert
and,
164

       
in Galapagos Islands,
128
,
131–132
,
134–143
,
153–157
,
161–164

       
in route to Peru,
120–125
,
145–146

       
in route to/in Marquesas Islands,
172
,
174
,
178
,
181–214

USS
Experiment
,
20
,
21

USS
Falmouth
,
268

USS
Friendship
,
268

USS
George Washington
,
26

USS
Guerierre
,
267

USS
Hartford
,
271

USS
Hornet
,
15
,
55
,
69
,
73
,
76
,
78
,
82
,
84
,
167

USS
Hunter
,
78

USS
Independence
,
269

USS
Java
,
267

USS
Macedonian
,
267

USS
Merrimack
,
50

USS
Montezuma
,
25

USS
Nautilus
,
23

USS
New York
,
22
,
41
,
54

USS
Norfolk
,
25–26

USS
Pennsylvania Packet
,
187

USS
Philadelphia
,
23
,
24
,
27–36
,
49
,
77
,
118

USS
Potomac
,
267–268

USS
President
,
41
,
51
,
252

USS
Raleigh
,
17

USS
Retaliation
,
25–26

USS
Shark
,
270

USS
Spark
,
266

USS
Spitfire
,
266

USS
Syren
,
23

USS
Tennessee
,
272

USS
Topaz
,
96

USS
Torch
,
266

USS
United States
,
41
,
51

USS
Vixen
,
23
,
24
,
27
,
28

USS
Washington
,
269–270

USS
Wasp
,
42–43
,
241–242

Valparaiso (Chile),
114
,
167
,
214
,
261
,
264

       
after War of 1812,
268–269

       
Downes and,
149–150
,
152
,
164

       
Porter (David, Jr.) in,
101–103
,
106–110
,
113–119
,
215–233
,
235–243

       
whaling and,
122
,
130

Van Buren, Martin,
268
,
277

Vancouver, George,
168

Venereal disease,
197

Vespucci, Amerigo,
72
,
74
,
96

Volcano,
143

Volontier
(French ship),
25

Von Humbolt, Alexander,
105

Walker
(U.S. whaling ship),
120–121
,
122

War of 1812, importance of/issues that precipitated,
10

Warrington, Lewis,
275

Washington, George,
12–13
,
29

       
during American Revolution,
263

       
during war with Tripoli,
23

       
Lear (Tobias) as private secretary to,
34

       
Sever (James) and,
51

       
Truxtun and,
19

       
U.S. Navy and,
49

Washington Navy Yard,
47
,
54

Waters, John S.,
115

Waters, Joseph,
50
,
52

Watkins, Patrick,
133

Weaponry.
See
Armaments

Weir, Obadiah,
141–142
,
143
,
149

Welles, Gideon,
271

Wellesley, Sir Arthur,
107

Wellington, Duke of,
71
,
107

West, Captain (of
Walker
),
120
,
122

West Indian Squadron,
274–275

Whale fishery,
81–82

Whaling/whaling ships,
117
,
122–123
,
124