The second USS Asp, was a three-gun schooner that the US Navy purchased on 17 February 1813 at Alexandria, D.C. (now Virginia).

[2] American account: On 14 July, Asp, under the command of Midshipman James Butler Sigourney, and another small warship, USS Scorpion, got underway from the Yeocomico River, Virginia, and entered Chesapeake Bay.

Scorpion escaped up the Chesapeake, but Asp's poor sailing qualities forced her to put back into the Yeocomico River.

At the sight of oncoming British boats, Asp cut her cable and tried to escape farther up the river.

Midshipman Sigourney and nine of his 20-man crew were killed, wounded, or missing defending their ship; the remainder escaped ashore.

The Americans had hauled the schooner close to the beach, where she was under the protection of a large body of militia.