United States Coast Guard Academy - Tide Rips Yearbook (New London, CT)

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I )i 1 I i)i (. nil I ' uole IN THF. War of 1S12 On the nth of October, 1814, the U. S. R. C. EAGLE (four four-pounders and two twos) was attacked by the I3ritish eighteen-gun brig DISPATCH and two smaller vessels. The Cutter was run aground on Long Island and the guns dragged ashore. When ammunition ran low the log book was used as wadding and British cannon balls were fired back.

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Suppressing Gulf Piratks During the period from 1800 to 1815, the Gulf Coast was the happy hunting grounds for scores of pirates, among them the notorious Jean Lafitte. The Cutters LOUIS- IANA and ALABAMA became famous for their fights against the freebooters, both on the sea and at their shore bases, many of which they burned.