List of steam frigates of the United States Navy explained

Name Type Class Authorized Dates of Service Fate
[1] 2nd class[2] 3 March 1839 1841  - 1863 Sunk in action at Port Hudson, 64 killed
3 March 1839 1842  - 1843 Lost to fire
[3] 3 March 1847 1850  - 1883 Sold
3 March 1847 1852  - 1887 Sold
1st class[4] 1 September 1851 1867  - 1916 Sold
1st class[5] [6] 6 April 1854 1856  - 1861 Sunk to avoid capture
6 April 1854 [7] 1856  - 1912 Sold
6 April 1854 1857  - 1883 Sold
6 April 1854 1858  - 1885 Sold
6 April 1854 1857  - 1901 Scrapped
6 April 1854 1857  - 1885 Sold
2nd class[8] [9] 1867  - 1885 Sold
 - 1888 Sold
None Canceled
None Canceled
[10]
1877  - 1891 Lost to the Apia cyclone, 1 killed

References

  1. Book: 978-0-313-26202-9. Register of ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990. Bauer. Karl Jack. K. Jack Bauer. Stephen S.. Roberts. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1991.
  2. Book: A Naval Encyclopædia: Comprising A Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases; Biographical Notices, and Records of Naval Officers; Special Articles of Naval Art and Science. L. R. Hamersly & co.. 1881.
  3. Book: Canney, Donald L. . 978-1-55750-519-4 . Lincoln's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization, 1861-65 . registration . Donald L. Canney . US Naval Institute Press . 1998.
  4. Book: Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the United States, including Officers of the Marine Corps, and other, for the Year 1870.
  5. Book: Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the United States, including Officers of the Marine Corps, and other, for the Year 1859.
  6. Book: Park, Carl D. . 978-1-59114-659-9 . Ironclad Down: USS Merrimack-CSS Virginia from Design to Destruction . Carl D. Park . Naval Institute Press . 2007 .
  7. Web site: The Old Steam Navy . GlobalSecurity . 4 August 2009.
  8. Book: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph. The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Lewis Randolph Hamersly. L. R. Hamersly & co.. 1894.
  9. Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal. 1874 . 1 . Hurst and Blackett, Publishers . London. Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal .
  10. Book: Bennett, Frank Marion . The steam navy of the United States . Frank Marion Bennett . NWarren & Co. . 1896 .

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