Isaac Hull

Isaac Hull took USS Constitution to sea early in the War of 1812 and, on August 19, 1812, fought HMS Guerriere south of Nova Scotia. Constitution's broadsides disabled the British frigate; Guerriere struck, burned, and sank — the first major U.S. Navy single-ship victory of the war and the action that fixed "Old Ironsides" in the newspapers. Hull had already learned the ship as a lieutenant in the Quasi-War and commanded her when the declaration of war found the Navy short of ready frigates.

This register lists the Guerriere fight as written in Navy reports and prize papers: date, ships, and result. Later commodore rank and shore commands are other chapters. Hull died in Philadelphia in 1843. The portrait used here is a public-domain image of Captain Hull from Wikimedia Commons. He is accounted for — not missing.