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USS Madison
Three
United States Navy
ships have been named
Madison
, the first two in honor of
James Madison
, fourth
President of the United States
, and the third after Commander
James Jonas Madison[?]
, who won the
Medal of Honor
in
World War I
.
The first
Madison
[?]
was a 14-gun
schooner
launched in
1812
on
Lake Ontario
and used in the
War of 1812
.
The second
Madison
was
Van Buren
-class[?]
schooner, designed by
Edward Preble[?]
and built in
1832
for
United States Revenue Service[?]
. She was 73 ft long with a 22 ft beam, displaced 112 tons, and mounted one 20-pounder gun. As part of the
mosquito fleet[?]
,
Madison
served against the
Seminole Indians[?]
in
Florida
in
1841
and
1842
, then was returned to the
Treasury Department
and later (
1850
) to the
United States Coastal Survey[?]
.
The third
Madison
(DD-425)[?]
was a
destroyer
in
World War II
.
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