USS Frances

Frances was a sloop used by the US Navy between 1813 and 1814.^{[1][nb 1]} She was hired by Commodore Thomas Macdonough for use on Lake Champlain.^[1] Outfitted with five guns, she was found to sail poorly, but served as an armed tender, probably carrying supplies.^[1][3]. She was part of MacDonough's fleet at the Battle of Plattsburgh in the fall of 1814.^[3]

History
United States
Name	USS Frances
Acquired	1813
Out of service	Returned to owner 1814
General characteristics
Type	Sloop
Propulsion	Sail
Armament	5 guns

Frances was returned to her owner later in 1814.^[1]

Footnotes

1. The civilian identity of this Frances is not confirmed. However, there was an eighty-foot iron-hulled sloop of that name built in 1809 by the Monkton Iron Works at Vergennes, Vermont to move iron ore and charcoal between there and Whitehall, New York.^[2]