The Battle on Lake Erie took place on Septembetween a fleet of nine American and six British ships. Two relatively high-profile battles occurred in this theater- the Battle of Lake Erie and the Battle of Plattsburgh. Here, both sides engaged in building smaller ships for the purposes of troop transport, fire support, and for control of the Lakes. While on the Atlantic coast warships remained in port for the majority of the war, the same was not true of naval warfare on the Great Lakes. Now we turn to naval warfare on the lakes of North America and what the War of 1812 meant for the US Navy. In Part 1 of this article, I discussed the initial success of the American heavy frigates against the lighter armed fifth-rate frigates of the British Royal Navy, and the Royal Navy’s success with its blockade against the ports along the Eastern Seaboard of the US. Though it was not the first conflict that the still fledgling US Navy had taken part in, the War of 1812 would be the first real test of the Navy’s mettle.
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