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Show Ill-Fated Chesapeake Has No Namesake in Navy Owing to the misadventures of the first American naval vessel to be called the Chesapeake, the TJ. S. navy has never given this name to another combatant ship, says Collier's. Col-lier's. In 1807, the captain of this frigate, unprepared to fight, struck his flag and allowed his vessel to be searched after being fired upon by H.M.S. Leopard. Again in 1813, the crew of the Chesapeake, unwilling to continue a battle, surrendered and the ship was captured by the H.M.S. Shannon. |