Capture of USS President

The capture of USS President was one of many actions fought at the end of the War of 1812. After running aground before the engagement, the frigate , now severely damaged, tried to break out of New York Harbor but was intercepted by a British squadron of four warships and forced to surrender. President was part of a small squadron created in New York with the purpose of breaching the British blockade and attacking British shipping. Every ship of the squadron succeeded in doing so but President. The action took place several weeks after the Treaty of Ghent, but there is no evidence to suggest the combatants were aware, and more than a month before it was fully ratified.