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
Vessels

Class

Name

Station

2

Sailing-frigates

Congress
Sabine

Coast of Brazil
Home Squadron (Pensacola)

11

Sailing-sloops

Cumberland
Constellation Macedonian Portsmouth
St. Mary’s  
Saratoga
John Adams Vandalia
St. Louis
Cyane
Levant

Home Squadron (returning from Vera Cruz)
Coast of Africa
Home Squadron (Vera Cruz)
Coast of Africa
Pacific
Coast of Africa
East Indies
East Indies
Home Squadron (Pensacola)
Pacific
Pacific

3

Store-ships (sails)

Relief
Release
Supply

Coast of Africa
New York
New York

1

Screw-frigate

Niagara

Returning from Japan

5

Screw-sloops (1st class)

San Jacinto
Lancaster
Brooklyn
Hartford
Richmond

Coast of Africa
Pacific
Home Squadron (Pensacola)
East Indies
Mediterranean

3

Side-wheel steamers

Susquehanna
Powhatan
Saranac

Mediterranean
Home Squadron (returning from Vera Cruz)
Pacific

8

Screw-sloops (2nd class)

Mohican
Narragansett
Iroquois
Pawnee
Wyoming
Dacotah
Pocahontas
Seminole

Coast of Africa
Pacific
Mediterranean
Washington
Pacific
East Indies
Home Squadron (returning from Vera Cruz)
Coast of Brazil

5

Screw-steamers (3rd class)

Wyandotte
Mohawk
Crusader
Sumter
Mystic

Home Squadron (Pensacola)
New York
New York
Coast of Africa
Coast of Africa

3

Side-wheel steamers

Michigan
Pulaski
Saginaw

Lake Erie
Coast of Brazil
East Indies

1

Steam-tender

Anacostia

Washington

42

 

 

 


AVAILABLE, BUT NOT IN COMMISSION.

No. of
Vessels

Class

Name

Station

1

Ship-of-the-line

Vermont

Boston

5

Sailing-frigates

Potomac
Brandywine
St. Lawrence
Raritan
Santee

New York
New York
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Kittery

9

Sailing-sloops

Savannah
Plymouth
Jamestown
Germantown
Vincennes
Decatur
Marion
Dale
Preble

New York
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Boston
San Francisco
Portsmouth, N.H.
Portsmouth, N.H.
Boston

3

Brigs

Bainbridge
Perry
Dolphin

Boston
New York
Norfolk

5

Screw-frigates

Roanoke
Colorado
Merrimac
Minnesota
Wabash

New York
Boston
Norfolk
Boston
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
Vessels

Class

Name

Station

9

Ships-of-the-line

Pennsylvania
Columbus
Ohio
North Carolina
Delaware
New Orleans
Alabama
Virginia
New York

Receiving ship, Norfolk
In ordinary, Norfolk
Receiving ship, Boston
Receiving ship, New York
In ordinary, Norfolk
On the stocks, Sackett’s Harbor
On the stocks, Kittery
On the stocks, Boston
On the stocks, Norfolk

3

Sailing-frigates

Constitution
United States
Columbia

Practice ship, Annapolis
In ordinary, Norfolk
In ordinary, Norfolk

4

Permanent store and receiving vessels (sails)

Independence
Fredonia
Falmouth
Warren

Mare Island, California
Valparaiso
Aspinwall
Panama

2

Permanent store and receiving vessels (steam)

Alleghany
Princeton

Baltimore
Philadelphia

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
commission

Available,
but not in commission

Unserviceable

Total

Sailing vessels:

  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

  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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