On 14 September 1814, during the War of 1812, the Sloop-of-War Wasp, commanded by Johnston Blakely, captured and burned the British Merchant Brig Bacchus in the Atlantic. A week later, she captured the Brig Atlanta (ex-U.S. privateer “Siro”).
Read more about USS Wasp:
http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w3/wasp-v.htm --