Isaac Chauncey

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Isaac Chauncey

Isaac Chauncey (20 February 1779 – 27 January 1840) was an officer in the United States Navy

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
.

ncey, born in Black Rock

Black Rock

Black Rock, Blackrock, or Black Rocks may refer to:...
, Connecticut

Connecticut

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, 20 February 1779, was appointed a Lieutenant in the Navy from 17 September 1798. He fought with gallantry in the West Indies during the Quasi-War

Quasi-War

The Quasi-War was an undeclared war fought entirely at sea between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800. In the United States, the conflict is sometimes also referred to as the Undeclared War with France, The Pirate Wars, or the Half-War....
with France

France

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; in the Mediterranean during the First Barbary War

First Barbary War

The First Barbary War , also known as the Barbary Coast War or the Tripolitan War, was the first of two Barbary Wars fought between the United States and the North African states known collectively as the Barbary States....
; and commanded John Adams

USS John Adams (1799)

The first John Adams was a frigate in the United States Navy from 1800 to 1867. Named for President John Adams, she fought in the Quasi-War, the Barbary Wars, the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War....
(1804–5), Hornet

USS Hornet (1805, brig)

The third USS Hornet was a brig-rigged sloop-of-war in the United States Navy. Later, however, she was re-rigged as a ship.Hornet was launched on 28 July 1805 in Baltimore, Maryland and commissioned on 18 October....
(1805–6), Washington

USS Washington (1814)

The fourth USS Washington was a ship of the line of the United States Navy.The ship was authorized by the United States Congress on 2 January 1813 and was laid down in May of that year at the Portsmouth Navy Yard under a contract with the shipbuilders, Hart and Badger....
and the Mediterranean Squadron

Mediterranean Squadron

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(1815–1820).

Perhaps his most outstanding service was during the War of 1812

War of 1812

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when he commanded the naval forces on Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario

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, conducting amphibious operations in cooperation with the Army

United States Army

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, and containing the large British

United Kingdom

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fleet under the command of Sir James Yeo stationed there.

His last service was as member, and, for four years, President, of the Board of Navy Commissioners.