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{{Hatnote|For the frigate laid down in 1863, see [[Java-class frigate (1863)]]}}
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|Ship name= USS ''Java''
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|Ship builder= Flannigan & Parsons, [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]]
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|Ship type= [[Sailing frigate classification|First class frigate]]<ref Name="Register 1825">{{cite book|title=Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the United States, including Officers of the Marine Corps, &c. for the Year 1825|author=Printed by order of the Secretary of the Navy, conformably to a resolution of the honorable Senate of the United States|publisher=Way & Gideon|year=1825}}</ref>
|Ship tonnage= 1511 
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|}'''USS ''Java''''' was a wooden-hulled, sailing [[frigate]] in the [[United States Navy]], bearing 44 guns.  She was named for the American victory over {{HMS|Java|1811|6}} off the coast of Brazil on 29 December 1812, captured by the ''Constitution'' under the command of Captain [[William Bainbridge]]. HMS ''Java'' had suffered severe damage during the engagement and being far from home port was ordered burned.<ref>[[#Harris|Harris, 1837]] pp.149–150</ref><ref>[[#Java, USN|U.S.Navy, DANFS, Java]] prgh.1</ref>

''Java'' was built at [[Baltimore, Maryland]] in 1814 and 1815 by [[Flannigan & Parsons]].{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} Not completed until after the end of the [[War of 1812]], she was launched on 1 August 1814.<ref name=Times220914>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=American Papers |date=22 September 1914 |page=2 |issue=9322 |column=B-D }}</ref> ''Java'', Captain [[Oliver Hazard Perry]] in command, got underway from Baltimore 5 August 1815, picked up spare rigging at [[Hampton Roads]] and [[New York City|New York]], and sailed to [[Newport, Rhode Island]], to fill out her crew. Ordered to the [[Mediterranean]] to serve in the [[Second Barbary War]], the new frigate departed from Newport 22 January 1816 in the face of a bitter gale. At sea one of her masts snapped with ten men upon the yards, killing five.

''Java'' was off [[Algiers]] in April where Perry went ashore under a flag of truce and persuaded the [[Dey of Algiers]] to honor the treaty which he had signed the previous summer but had been ignoring. Next she sailed for [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] with {{USS|Constellation|1797|2}}, {{USS|Ontario|1813|2}}, and {{USS|Erie|1813|2}} to show the strength and resolve of the United States. Then, after a cruise in the Mediterranean stopping at [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]], [[Messina]], [[Palermo]], [[Tunis]], [[Gibraltar]] and [[Naples]], the frigate returned to Newport early in 1817 and was laid up at [[Boston, Massachusetts]].

''Java'' returned to active service in 1827 under Captain [[William M. Crane]] for a second deployment in the Mediterranean. There she protected American citizens and commerce and performed diplomatic duties. Toward the end of the cruise she served as [[flagship]] of Commodore [[James Biddle (commodore)|James Biddle]].

After returning to the United States in 1831, ''Java'' became [[receiving ship]] at Norfolk, where she was broken up in 1842.

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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book |last=Mackenzie |first=Alexander Slidell |ref=Mackenzie |title=Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, famous American Naval hero, Victor of the Battle of Lake Erie, his life and achievements|publisher=<br/>D.M. MacLellan Book Company, New York, NY/Akron, OH |year=1910 |pages=436 |url=https://archive.org/stream/commodoreoliver00mack#page/n7/mode/2up}}
*{{cite book |last= Mills |first= James Cooke |ref=Mills |title=Oliver Hazard Perry and the battle of Lake Erie |publisher=<br/>John Phelps, Detroit |year=1913 |pages=284|isbn= 9781976346385 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nrd2AAAAMAAJ}}
*{{cite book|last=Harris |first=Gardner W.| title=The life and services of Commodore William Bainbridge, United States Navy |ref=Harris |publisher=Carey Lea & Blanchard |location=New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7CxCAAAAIAAJ/page/n257 254] |year=1837|isbn=0-945726-58-9|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7CxCAAAAIAAJ}} [https://archive.org/stream/lifeandservices01harrgoog#page/n14/mode/2up Url2]
*{{cite book |last=Cooper |first=James Fenimore |title=History of the navy of the United States of America |ref=Cooper |year=1856 |publisher=<br/>Stringer & Townsend, New York |pages=508 |oclc=197401914}} [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_WK3mWOlYYNsC Url]
*{{cite book |last=Leiner |first=Frederic C. |title=The End of Barbary Terror, America's 1815 War against the Pirates of North Africa  |ref=Leiner  |year=2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press, 2007 |isbn=978-0-19-532540-9}} [http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/HistoryAmerican/Early19thCentury/?view=usa&ci=9780195325409 Url]
*{{cite book |last= Niles |first=Milton & John Milton & John |ref=Miles |title=The Life of Oliver Hazard Perry |publisher=<br/>Applewood Books, Bedford, Mass |year=1970 |pages=380 |isbn=978-1-4290-2157-9}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=rPsxhqC9ud4C Url]
*{{cite book |last1=James |first1=William |last2=Chamier |first2=Frederick |title=The naval history of Great Britain: from the declaration of war by France in 1793 to the accession of George IV  |publisher=Richard Bentley, London |year=1837 |pages=568  |ref=James}} [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.92798 Url]
*{{cite web |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/j2/java.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040225075846/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/j2/java.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 25, 2004 |last=Dept U.S.Navy |title=Java  |publisher=<br/><span style="font-size:87%;">DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY – NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER</span> |work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |ref=Java, USN |access-date=23 October 2011}}

==External links==
*[http://3decks.pbworks.com/w/page/916110/USF%20Java%20(1815) 3 decks – Naval History.  U.S. Java]

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