Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p USS Trippe was a sloop in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. She was named for John Trippe. Originally named Contractor, she was purchased by the Navy on the Niagara River in New York in 1812 — was converted to a warship by Henry Eckford of New York; renamed Trippe; and placed in commission soon thereafter, Lieutenant Thomas Holdup Stevens in command.For a while, Trippe and her sister ships, fitted out on the Niagara River, were bottled up by British shore batteries at Fort George.. }
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- USS_Trippe_(1812) comment "USS Trippe was a sloop in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. She was named for John Trippe. Originally named Contractor, she was purchased by the Navy on the Niagara River in New York in 1812 — was converted to a warship by Henry Eckford of New York; renamed Trippe; and placed in commission soon thereafter, Lieutenant Thomas Holdup Stevens in command.For a while, Trippe and her sister ships, fitted out on the Niagara River, were bottled up by British shore batteries at Fort George.".