
sailing frigate, the USS Essex, who was severely wounded during a battle against a pair of British ships in the South Atlantic during The War of 1812.

The individual she was named after was an officer on board the U.S. Navy to be named after her namesake, John G. She was the second ship, specifically, the second destroyer in the U.S.


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