War of 1812 and US Navy

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The navy | The Spirit of 1812; The service hopes to restore its prestige by celebrating a forgotten conflict. Economist, May 19, 2012.
http://www.economist.com/node/21555621

Quote:

"it was the heroic performance of America’s frigates against the world’s most powerful fleet that saved the young republic from possible extinction

"90% of trade now travels by water.

My comment:
(a) Battle of Baltimore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baltimore
(Sept 12–15, 1814; Result  American victory[,] British withdrawal)
(b) War of 1812 was supposed to end with the signing of Treaty of Ghent (Dec 24, 1814, at Ghent, now in Belgium). But Andrew Jackson did not know, so Battle of New Orleans took place on Jan 8, 1815.
(c) This is the official bicentennial website:
War of 1812. Naval Historical Center.
http://www.history.navy.mil/commemorations/1812/1812-index.htm
(Naval History & Heritage Command Commemorations page for the War of 1812)
(d) Economist is based in London. I am unsure whether US navy then saved the nation single-handedly. See
(i) Naval Battleships in the War of 1812. PBS, undated.
http://www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/essays/naval-battleships/
(ii) War of 1812
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
(section 4.1 Atlantic theatre: section 4.1.1 Single-ship actions: Royal Navy's North American squadron [was] based in Halifax, Nova Scotia)
(iii) Jeremy Black, A British View of the Naval War of 1812. Naval History, August 2008.
http://www.usni.org/magazines/na ... view-naval-war-1812

Please read the opening statement, section 1 and the last two sections.