THE NAVY IN THE CIVIL WAR
Published
1883, 1885
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VOLUME I
THE
BLOCKADE AND THE CRUISERS
BY
JAMES RUSSEL SOLEY
PROFESSOR, U.S. NAVY
APPENDIX A.
VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY, MARCH 4, 1861.
IN
COMMISSION.
No.
of |
Class |
Name |
Station |
2 |
Sailing-frigates |
Congress |
Coast
of Brazil |
11 |
Sailing-sloops |
Cumberland |
Home
Squadron (returning from Vera Cruz) |
3 |
Store-ships
(sails) |
Relief |
Coast
of Africa |
1 |
Screw-frigate |
Niagara |
Returning
from Japan |
5 |
Screw-sloops
(1st class) |
San
Jacinto |
Coast
of Africa |
3 |
Side-wheel
steamers |
Susquehanna |
Mediterranean |
8 |
Screw-sloops
(2nd class) |
Mohican |
Coast
of Africa |
5 |
Screw-steamers
(3rd class) |
Wyandotte |
Home
Squadron (Pensacola) |
3 |
Side-wheel
steamers |
Michigan |
Lake
Erie |
1 |
Steam-tender |
Anacostia |
Washington |
42 |
|
|
|
AVAILABLE,
BUT NOT
IN COMMISSION.
No.
of |
Class |
Name |
Station |
1 |
Ship-of-the-line |
Vermont |
Boston |
5 |
Sailing-frigates |
Potomac |
New
York |
9 |
Sailing-sloops |
Savannah |
New
York |
3 |
Brigs |
Bainbridge |
Boston |
5 |
Screw-frigates |
Roanoke |
New
York |
1 |
Screw-sloop
(1st class) |
Pensacola |
Norfolk |
1 |
Side-wheel
steamer |
Mississippi |
Boston |
1 |
Side-wheel
steamer (3rd class) |
Water
Witch |
Philadelphia |
1 |
Steam-tender |
John
Hancock |
San
Francisco |
27 |
|
|
|
UNSERVICEABLE.
No.
of |
Class |
Name |
Station |
9 |
Ships-of-the-line |
Pennsylvania |
Receiving
ship, Norfolk |
3 |
Sailing-frigates |
Constitution |
Practice
ship, Annapolis |
4 |
Permanent
store and receiving vessels (sails) |
Independence |
Mare
Island, California |
2 |
Permanent
store and receiving vessels (steam) |
Alleghany |
Baltimore |
1 |
Screw-frigate |
Franklin |
On
the stocks, Kittery |
1 |
Side-wheel
vessel |
Fulton |
In
ordinary, Pensacola |
1 |
Floating
battery (steam) |
Stevens |
Unfinished,
Hoboken |
21 |
|
|
|
SUMMARY.
Class |
In |
Available, |
Unserviceable |
Total |
Sailing
vessels: |
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Ships-of-the-line |
|
1 |
9 |
10 |
Frigates |
2 |
5 |
3 |
10 |
Sloops |
11 |
9 |
|
20 |
Brigs |
|
3 |
|
3 |
Store-ships |
3 |
|
4 |
7 |
Total |
16 |
18 |
16 |
50 |
|
|
|
|
|
Steamers |
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Screw-frigates |
1 |
5 |
1 |
7 |
Screw-sloops, 1st class |
5 |
1 |
|
6 |
Side-wheel steamers, 1st class |
3 |
1 |
|
4 |
Screw-sloops, 2nd class |
8 |
|
|
8 |
Side-wheel steamers, 2nd class |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Screw-steamers, 3rd class |
5 |
|
|
5 |
Side-wheel steamers, 3rd class |
3 |
1 |
|
4 |
Tenders |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
Permanent store-ships |
|
|
2 |
2 |
Floating battery |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Total |
26 |
9 |
5 |
40 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total sail and steam |
42 |
27 |
21 |
90 |
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