Wasp IV Slp

Wasp IV

(Slp.: a. 2 12-pdrs.)

The fourth Wasp, a sloop chartered on Lake Champlain late in the summer of 1813, served as a tender for Commodore Thomas Macdonough's fleet during the latter part of 1813 and into 1814. Small and a poor sailer, Wasp saw no combat. She was returned to her owners early in 1814, and her battery was transferred to the newly launched schooner, Ticonderoga.