 USS Rescue (1850)

The first USS "Rescue" was a brig in service with the United States Navy.The brigs "Rescue" and , specially reinforced and fitted out for Arctic service, were offered on loan to the U.S. Government by Henry Grinnell in 1850 for use in a rescue mission tracing the ill-fated expedition which, in May 1845, had sailed from England under Sir John Franklin seeking a northwest passage.