French Frigate Isère: Not a Gift to the U.S.

The French frigate Isère was a French Navy warship launched in 1806. It served in Napoleon's fleet and later in the Bourbon Restoration navy until it was decommissioned and broken up in 1832. It was never transferred to the United States.

(Note: The Isère is sometimes confused with the Isère that transported the Statue of Liberty's components in 1885—that was a different vessel, the French Navy transport Isère, which delivered the statue but remained French property.)