shipsofthenavy_mid19century

Ships
of the
U.S. Navy

The Mid-Nineteenth Century
1820-1860

1820-1825 During this period all the lake ships were adjudged ruinous and useless for repair and were stricken from the lists,
*Work in Progress on:*
Ship	Guns	Notes
New York (line of battle ship)	86
Alabama (line of battle ship)	86
Vermont (line of battle ship)	86
Virginia (line of battle ship)	86
Pennsylvania (line of battle ship)	120
Brandywine (frigate)	44
Columbia (frigate)	44
Savannah (frigate)	44
Raritan (frigate)	44
Santee (frigate)	44

*Additions & Captures:*
North Carolina (line of battle ship)	86	Built
Delaware (line of battle ship)	86	Built
Ohio (line of battle ship)	86	Built
Potomac (frigate)	44	Built
Alligator (schooner)	12	Built
Dolphin (schooner)	12	Built
Porpoise (schooner)	12	Built
Grampus (schooner)	12	Built
Shark (schooner)	12	Built

*Losses:*
Louisiana	16	Broken up
Enterprise	12	Wrecked off Little Curaçao, 1823
Alligator	12	Wrecked on Carysfort reef, 1823

*1825-1830*
*Work in Progress on:*
Ship	Guns	Notes
New York (line of battle ship)	86
Alabama (line of battle ship)	86
Vermont (line of battle ship)	86
Virginia (line of battle ship)	86
Pennsylvania (line of battle ship)	120
Cumberland (frigate)	44
Columbia (frigate)	44
Savannah (frigate)	44
Raritan (frigate)	44
St. Lawrence (frigate)	44
Sabine (frigate)	44
Santee (frigate)	44

*Additions & Captures:*
Hudson (heavy frigate)	44	Purchased from Greece
Brandywine (heavy frigate)	44	Built
Boston (heavy sloop)	22	Built
Natchez (heavy sloop)	22	Built
Concord (heavy sloop)	22	Built
Peacock (heavy sloop)	22	Built
Vincennes (light sloop)	18	Built
Fairfield (light sloop)	18	Built
Falmouth (light sloop)	18	Built
Vandalia (light sloop)	18	Built
St. Louis (light sloop)	18	Built
Warren (light sloop)	18	Built
Lexington (light sloop)	18	Built

*Losses:*
Alert	18	Broken up
Nonsuch	12	Broken up
Peacock	18	Broken up
Fulton	30	Blown up, 1829
Spark	14	Sold out of service
Hornet	18	Wrecked off Tampico, 1829
John Adams	24	Broken up

*1830-1835*
*Work in Progress on:*
Ship	Guns	Notes
New York (line of battle ship)	86
Alabama (line of battle ship)	86
Vermont (line of battle ship)	86
Virginia (line of battle ship)	86
Pennsylvania (line of battle ship)	120
Cumberland (frigate)	44
Columbia (frigate)	44
Savannah (frigate)	44
Raritan (frigate)	44
St. Lawrence (frigate)	44
Sabine (frigate)	44
Santee (frigate)	44
Macedonian (light frigate)	36

*Additions & Captures:*
Fulton (steamer)	30	Built
John Adams	18	Built
Enterprise	10	Built
Experiment	10	Built
Boxer	10	Built

*Losses:*
Macedonian	36	Broken up
Porpoise	12	Lost in West Indies
Dolphin	12	Sold out of service

*1835-1840*
*Work in Progress on:*
Ship	Guns	Notes
New York (line of battle ship)	86
Alabama (line of battle ship)	86
Vermont (line of battle ship)	86
Virginia (line of battle ship)	86
Cumberland (frigate)	44
Savannah (frigate)	44
Raritan (frigate)	44
St. Lawrence (frigate)	44
Sabine (frigate)	44
Santee (frigate)	44

*Additions & Captures:*
Pennsylvania (line of battle ship)	120	Built
Columbia (frigate)	44	Built
Macedonian (light frigate)	36	Built
Cyane (heavy sloop)	22	Built
Levant (heavy sloop)	22	Built
Decatur (brig)	16	Built
Marion (brig)	16	Built
Preble (brig)	16	Built
Dale (brig)	16	Built
Yorktown (brig)	16	Built
Dolphin (schooner)	10	Built
Porpoise (schooner)	10	Built

*Losses:*
Cyane	24	Broken up
Congress	38	Broken up

*1845-1850*
*Work in Progress on:*
Ship	Guns	Notes
New York (line of battle ship)	86
Alabama (line of battle ship)	86
Virginia (line of battle ship)	86
Sabine (frigate)	44
Santee (frigate)	44

*Additions & Captures:*
Vermont (line of battle ship)	86	Built
St. Lawrence (frigate)	44	Built
Albany (heavy sloop)	22	Built
Germantown (heavy sloop)	22	Built
Susquehanna (paddle steam sloop)	10	Built
Powhatan (paddle steam sloop)	12	Built
Saranac (paddle steam sloop)	10	Built
San Jacinto (screw sloop)	10	Built

*Losses:*
Experiment	10	Sold out of service
Enterprise	10	Sold out of service
Boxer	10	Sold out of service
Lawrence	10	Sold out of service
Shark	12	Wrecked off Columbia River, 1846
Boston	22	Wrecked in West Indies, 1846
Somers	10	Wrecked off Vera Cruz, 1846
Princeton (screw sloop)	10	Broken up

*1850-1855*
*Work in Progress on:*
Ship	Guns	Notes
none

*Additions & Captures:*
New York (line of battle ship)	86	Built (assumed, not listed in appendix)
Alabama (line of battle ship)	86	Built (assumed, not listed in appendix)
Virginia (line of battle ship)	86	Built (assumed, not listed in appendix)
Sabine (frigate)	44	Built
Santee (frigate)	44	Built
Princeton (screw sloop)		Built
Water Witch (screw gunboat)		Built

*Losses:*
Fairfield	22	Broken up
Yorktown	16	Wrecked in Cape Verde Islands, 1850
Albany	22	Foundered at sea, 1854
Porpoise	10	Foundered at sea, East Indies, 1854

*1855-1860*
*Work in Progress on:*
Ship	Guns	Notes
none

*Additions & Captures:*
Merrimack (screw frigate)	40	Built
Minnesota (screw frigate)	40	Built
Wabash (screw frigate)	40	Built
Roanoke (screw frigate)	40	Built
Colorado (screw frigate)	40	Built
Niagara (first-class screw sloop)		Built
Brooklyn (first-class screw sloop)		Built
Lancaster (first-class screw sloop)		Built
Hartford (first-class screw sloop)		Built
Pensacola (first-class screw sloop)		Built
Richmond (first-class screw sloop)		Built
Wyoming (second-class screw sloop)		Built
Pawnee (second-class screw sloop)		Built
Mohican (second-class screw sloop)		Built
Dakota (second-class screw sloop)		Built
Narragansett (second-class screw sloop)		Built
Iroquois (second-class screw sloop)		Built
Seminole (second-class screw sloop)		Built
Pocahontas (second-class screw sloop)		Purchased
Saginaw (paddle gunboat)		Purchased
Pulaski (paddle gunboat)		Purchased
Wyandotte (screw gunboat)		Purchased
Mohawk (screw gunboat)		Purchased
Crusader (screw gunboat)		Purchased
Sumter (screw gunboat)		Purchased
Mystic (screw gunboat)		Purchased

*Losses:*
Fulton	30	Wrecked off Pensacola, 1859
Levant	22	Foundered in Pacific, 1860

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