de janvier 1813 jusqu'en décembre 1814. Bien qu'il n'ait pas été secrétaire pendant les premiers mois déterminants de la guerre de 1812, quand des frégates américaines ont à trois reprises défait leurs contreparties britanniques, Jones a employé une politique basée sur ces victoires américaines comme fondement pour développer une nouvelle stratégie soulignant prolongement et rupture à la place d'engagement avec l'objet de soumettre à la Grande-Bretagne des frais élevés. La conception, l'exécution, et les effets de cette stratégie de Jones aussi bien que ses résultats à long terme donnent une vue sur les difficultés et les opportunités que la marine des États-Unis a rencontrées pendant la guerre de 1812.During the first six months of the War of 1812, the 38-gun British frigates Guerriere, Macedonian, and Java struck their colors to frigates of the United States Navy. For the remainder of the war, the Americans failed to duplicate such results. 1 A partial explanation stems from the Royal Navy's ability to adapt. As the world's largest navy the British service had significant flexibility that allowed the Admiralty to dispatch reinforcements to the North American station. The one ship of the line and five frigates present in June 1812 became, by the middle of the next year, ten ships of the line and sixteen frigates as well as one modified ship of the line known as a razee. By late 1814, the strength on the station had increased to twelve ships of the line, two razees, and 1The largest ship captured by the Americans after 1 January 1813 was the Cyane, rated for 22 guns but mounting 32. It was normal for warships of the period to mount more guns than their rate would indicate and was also true with the 38-gun frigates captured during the war's first six months. Carrying more guns resulted from the evolution of ship armaments encompassing such disparate trends as mounting guns on previously unarmed areas of warships to the proliferation of the lighter-weight carronades. Details for the Cyane,
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