USS Contoocook (1864) explained

USS Contoocook was a screw sloop-of-war built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She is named after a river and village in New Hampshire. She was launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard and commissioned, commanded by Captain George Balch.

Her first cruise, as flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron, took her to the West Indies, where she patrolled extensively for the protection of American interests during 1868 and 1869. Her name was changed to Albany on . After another cruise to the West Indies in the fall of that year, Albany was placed out of commission on . She served as a quarantine ship at New York until sold .

Cootoocook-class sloop

• USS Contoocook (1864)

Cancelled ships include:

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Notes and References

1. Tahgayuta. 28 May 2012.
2. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships has no entry for Mondamin, but refers to all members of her class as sloops.
3. Per Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905, whether Tahgayuta and Mondamin would have been considered sloops or frigates depended on whether or not they would have been built with a spar deck, without which they have been a sloop, but it is unknown whether they would have had a spar deck or not because they were never built and because their completed sisters differed in this regard.