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Introduction,
Official Records, 1861
Vessels of War List
United State Official Register 1861
Navy
Sloops of War
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NAME
|
GUNS
|
TONS
|
|
BUILT
|
YEAR
|
SITUATION |
WHERE |
|
Cumberland
|
24
|
1,726
|
|
Charlestown
|
1842
|
In commission
|
Atlantic Block'g Squadron
|
|
Savannah
|
24
|
1,726
|
|
Brooklyn
|
1842
|
do
|
do
|
|
Constellation
|
22
|
1,452
|
|
Rebuilt, Gosport*
|
1854
|
In ordinary
|
Portsmouth, N. H.
|
|
Macedonian
|
22
|
1,341
|
|
Gosport
|
1836
|
In commission
|
Gulf Blockading Squadron
|
|
Portsmouth
|
22
|
1,022
|
|
Kittery
|
1843
|
In ordinary
|
Portsmouth, N. H. |
|
St. Mary's
|
22
|
958
|
|
Washington
|
1844
|
Washington
|
Pacific Squadron |
|
Jamestown
|
22
|
985
|
|
Gosport
|
1844
|
do
|
Atlantic Block'g Squadron |
|
Saratoga
|
20
|
882
|
|
Kittery
|
1842
|
do
|
Coast of Africa |
|
John Adams
|
20
|
700
|
|
Rebuilt, Gosport
|
1831
|
do
|
East Indies |
|
Vincennes
|
20
|
700
|
|
Brooklyn
|
1826
|
do
|
Gulf Blockading Squadron |
|
Vandalia
|
20
|
783
|
|
Philadelphia
|
1828
|
In ordinary
|
Atlantic Block'g Squadron |
|
St. Louis
|
20
|
700
|
|
Washington
|
1828
|
In commission
|
Gulf Blockading Squadron |
|
Cyane
|
20
|
792
|
|
Charlestown
|
1837
|
do
|
Pacific Squadron |
|
Decatur
|
16
|
566
|
|
Brooklyn
|
1839
|
In ordinary
|
San Francisco |
|
Marion
|
16
|
566
|
|
Charlestown
|
1839
|
In commission
|
Gulf Blockading Squadron |
|
Dale
|
16
|
566
|
|
Philadelphia
|
1839
|
do
|
Atlantic Block'g Squadron |
|
Preble
|
16
|
566
|
|
Kittery
|
1839
|
do
|
Gulf Blockading Squadron |
* Gosport was the original name of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard
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