Everything about Uss Savannah 1842 totally explained
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| Career |
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Ordered:
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Laid down:
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1820 |
Launched:
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5 May 1842 |
Commissioned:
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Decommissioned:
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11 February 1862 |
Fate:
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sold, 1883 |
Struck:
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| General characteristics |
Displacement:
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1,726 tons |
Length:
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Beam:
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47 in |
Draft:
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Propulsion:
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Speed:
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Range:
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Depth:
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22 ft 8 in |
Complement:
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480 officers and enlisted |
Armament:
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4 8" Sg., 28 32-pdrs., 22 42-pdr. car. |
The second
USS Savannah was a
frigate in the
United States Navy. She was named after the city of
Savannah, Georgia.
Savannah was begun in 1820 at the
New York Navy Yard, but she remained on the stocks until
5 May 1842, when she was launched. She was one of nine frigates to be built from a prototype design by naval architect
William Doughty.
Savannah, with Captain
Andrew Fitzhugh in command, joined the
Pacific Squadron as
flagship in 1844. As the prospect of war with
Mexico became imminent, the Squadron moved into position off the
California coast. On
7 July 1846, the Squadron captured
Monterey without firing a shot. On
8 September 1847,
Savannah returned to
New York for repairs.
She served as flagship for the Pacific Squadron again from 1849-52. Repairs at
Norfolk, Virginia took her into 1853, and on
9 August of that year, she sailed for a three-year cruise on the
Brazil Station. In November 1856, she was inactivated, but served as flagship for the
Home Squadron on the east coast of Mexico during 1859 and 1860.
With the outbreak of the
American Civil War in 1861,
Savannah was deployed off the coast of
Georgia, where she shared in the capture of two
Confederate prizes, the
schooner,
E. J. Waterman, and the ship,
Cheshire. On
11 February 1862,
Savannah was taken out of active service and placed in use as an instruction and practice ship at the
United States Naval Academy.
In 1870, after conducting her last training cruise to
England and
France, she was laid up at the
Norfolk Navy Yard. She remained there until sold to E. Stannard and Company of
Westbrook, Connecticut, in 1883.
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