What is USS Hornet (1805)?
{|{{Infobox ship begin}} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=[[File:USS Hornet (1805, brig).jpg|300px|USS Hornet]] |Ship caption=Artist's depiction of ''Hornet''{{'}}s foundering }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{USN flag|1829}} |Ship name=USS ''Hornet'' |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder= |Ship original cost=$52,603 |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=28 July 1805 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=18 October 1805 |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= |Ship homeport= |Ship motto= |Ship honors= |Ship fate=Sunk in storm, 10 September 1829 in Tampico, Mx. |Ship staus= |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type=[[Sloop-of-war]] |Ship tonnage=440 |Ship length={{convert|106|ft|9|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|31|ft|5|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship draft={{convert|14|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=Sail |Ship speed= |Ship range= |Ship complement= |Ship armament=*18 × 32-pounder [[carronade]]s *2 × 12-pounder long guns |Ship notes= }} |} The third '''USS ''Hornet''''' was a [[brig]]-rigged (later ship-rigged) [[sloop-of-war]] in the [[United States Navy]]. ==Bibliography== *{{cite book |last1=James |first1=William |last2=Chamier|first2=Frederick |title=The naval history of Great Britain: from the declaration of war by France in 1793 to the accession of George IV |publisher=Richard Bentley|location=London |year=1837 | author-link = William James (naval historian) |author-link2=Frederick Chamier |ref=James|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.92795}} *{{cite book|last=Harris |first=Gardner W.| title=The life and services of Commodore William Bainbridge, United States navy |ref=Harris |publisher=Carey Lea & Blanchard |location=Philadelphia |year=1837|isbn=0-945726-58-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7CxCAAAAIAAJ |archive-url=https://archive.org/stream/lifeandservices01harrgoog#page/n14/mode/2up |archive-date=31 July 2009}} *{{cite book |last=Cooper |first=James Fenim