
Guerriere (frigate) - Captain Stephen Decatur, Master Commandant William Lewis. Flambeau (brig) - Lieutenants William H. Rodgers, David Geisinger, Mervine Mix, Paul Zantzinger Firefly (brig) - Lieutenants George W. Epervier (Brig) - Master Commandant John Downes. Enterprise (brig) - Lieutenants Lawrence Kearny and James M'Gowan. Constitution (Old Ironsides) - Captain Isaac Hull. Constellation (frigate) - Captain Charles Gordon. Congress (frigate) - Captain Charles Morris.
Chippewa (brig) - Lieutenants George C.Boxer (brig) - Lieutenants John Porter and Charles T.Alert (ship) - Lieutenants Walter Stewart and Joseph Wragg.
Navy was 18 years old and only had 22 commissioned warships, while there where more than 80 British vessels off the American seaboard.