Introduction, Official Records, 1861 Vessels of War List United State Official Register 1861 Navy Screw Frigates NAME | GUNS | TONS | BUILT | YEAR | SITUATION | | WHERE | | Niagara | 12 | 4,580 | Brooklyn | 1855 | In commission | | Gulf Blockading Squadron | | Roanoke | 40 | 3,400 | Gosport* | 1855 | do | | Atlantic Block'g Squadron | | Colorado | 40 | 3,400 | do | 1855 | do | | Gulf Blockading Squadron | | Minnesota | 40 | 3,200 | Washington | 1855 | do | | Atlantic Block'g Squadron | | Wabash | 40 | 3,200 | Philadelphia | 1855 | do | | South Atlantic Block'g Squadron | | Franklin | 50 | 3,680 | Kittery | 1854 | On the stocks | | Kittery |
* Gosport was the original name of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard |