List of steam frigates of the United States Navy

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Name Type Class Authorized Dates of Service Fate
Mississippi [1] 1st class [2] Mississippi-class [1] 1839 March 3 [1] 1841 – 1863 [1] Sunk in action at Port Hudson
Missouri [1] 1st class [2] Mississippi-class [1] 1839 March 3 [1] 1842 – 1843 [1] Lost to fire [1]
Susquehanna [3] 1st class [2] Susquehanna-class 1847 March 3 [1] 1850 – 1883 [1] Sold [1]
Powhatan [3] 1st class [2] Susquehanna-class 1847 March 3 [1] 1852 – 1887 [1] Sold [1]
Franklin [1] 1st class [4] Franklin-class [1] 1851 September 1 [1] 1867 – 1916 [1] Sold [1]
Merrimack [5] 1st class [2] Franklin-class [6] 1854 April 6 [3] 1856 – 1861 [5] Sunk to avoid capture [5]
Wabash [5] 1st class [2] Franklin-class [6] 1854 April 6 [7] 1856 – 1912 [5] Sold [5]
Roanoke [5] 1st class [2] Franklin-class [6] 1854 April 6 [7] 1857 – 1883 [5] Sold [5]
Colorado [5] 1st class [2] Franklin-class [6] 1854 April 6 [7] 1858 – 1885 [5] Sold [5]
Minnesota [5] 1st class [2] Franklin-class [6] 1854 April 6 [7] 1857 – 1901 [5] Lost to fire [5]
Niagara [5] 1st class [2] Niagara-class [3] 1854 April 6 [7] 1857 – 1885 [5] Sold [5]
Florida [5] Florida-class [8] 1867 – 1885 [5] Sold [5]
Tennessee [5] Florida-class [1][8] – 1888 [5] Sold [5]
Iowa [5] Florida-class [1][8]
Nevada [5] Florida-class [1][8] None [5] Canceled [5]
Connecticut [5] Florida-class [1][8]
Bonhomme Richard [5] Florida-class [1][8] None [5] Canceled [5]
Idaho [5] Idaho-class
Chattanooga [5] Chattanooga-class
Guerriere [5] Guerriere-class [9] 1867 – 1872 [5] Sold [5]
Pennsylvania [5] Guerriere-class [9]
Delaware [5] Guerriere-class [9]
California [5] Guerriere-class [9]
Illinois [5] Guerriere-class [9]
Antietam [5] Guerriere-class [9]
New York [5] Guerriere-class [9]
Java [5] Guerriere-class [9]
Hassalo [5] Hassalo-class [9]
Watauga [5] Hassalo-class [9]
Trenton [5] Lost to the Apia cyclone [5]


[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Bauer, Karl Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0313262029. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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. 
  3. ^ a b c d Canney, Donald L. (1998). Lincoln's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization, 1861-65. US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1557505194. 
  4. ^ 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
  6. ^ a b c d e Park, Carl D. (2007). Ironclad Down: USS Merrimack-CSS Virginia from Design to Destruction. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1591146599. 
  7. ^ a b c d e "The Old Steam Navy". GlobalSecurity. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/steam.htm. Retrieved 4 August 2009. 
  8. ^ a b c d e f Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal (London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers) 1874 (1). 
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Bennett, Frank Marion (1896). The steam navy of the United States. NWarren & Co.. 
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