This schooner was built in 1821 by U.S. Navy Yard (Washington DC).
On September 10, 1846 this US Navy survey schooner was stranded on Clatsop Spit Oregon. Three of her guns washed up on the beach which was named for them - Cannon Beach.
In 1821-1846 she was owned by the United States Navy.
10 carronades; 2 32 pounder "long tom" guns;
Don Marshall (1984) Oregon Shipwrecks
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