Ticonderoga served with Captain
Thomas Macdonough's squadron during the
Battle of Plattsburgh on 11 September 1814. Commanded by Lt.
Stephen Cassin,
Ticonderoga compelled sloop HMS
Chubb (formerly ) to surrender after riddling her with shot and forcing her aground. She also assisted in the capture of sloop HMS
Finch (formerly ), and repelled several boarding attempts by British gunboats. Midshipman
Hiram Paulding was on board
Ticonderoga during the battle and used his pistol to discharge a cannon when firing matches proved defective. During the two-and-one-half-hour engagement, six members of
Ticonderogas crew were killed, and six others were wounded. After the war,
Ticonderoga was laid up at
Whitehall, New York. A decade later, she was pronounced unworthy of repair and sold at public sale on 19 July 1825. She was rediscovered in 1958, raised and "salvaged" the next year; the wooden remains of this historic vessel are now on public display in Whitehall, New York. ==Bibliography==