U.S.S. Powhatan (1850)
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U.S.S. Powhatan (1850) | |
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Builder: | Norfolk Navy Yard[1] |
Ordered: | 3 March, 1847[2] |
Laid down: | 14 July, 1847[3] |
Launched: | 14 February, 1850[4] |
Commissioned: | 2 September, 1852[5] |
Decommissioned: | 2 June, 1886[6] |
Sold: | 30 July, 1887[7] |
Fate: | Broken up |
Contents
Construction
Her hull was designed by Francis Grice and her engines by Charles H. Haswell.[8] Her engines were contracted to A. Mehaffey & Co., Portsmouth, Virginia.[9]
Service
Powhatan was part of Commodore Matthew Perry's squadron during his negotiatons with Japan in 1854.[10]
Powhatan was decommissioned on 2 June, 1886, and was sold to Burdette Pond of Meriden, Connecticut for breaking up on 30 July, 1887. She was scrapped on 5 August, 1887.[11][12]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Edmund O. Matthews, August 1881[13] – February 1883[14]
- Captain Lester A. Beardslee, June 1884[15] – June 1886[16]
Armament
1869
- one 11-inch muzzle-loading rifle
- two 100-pounder muzzle-loading rifles
- fourteen 9-inch smoothbores
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 54.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 54.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 54.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 54.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 54.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 1.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 54.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 54.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 54.
- ↑ Silverstone. Civil War. p. 14.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 54.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 1.
- ↑ Records of Living Officers (6th ed). p. 4.
- ↑ Records of Living Officers (6th ed). p. 4.
- ↑ Records of Living Officers (6th ed). p. 34.
- ↑ Records of Living Officers (6th ed). p. 34.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 54.
Bibliography
- Bauer, K. Jack and Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. New York: Greenwood Press.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: Civil War Navies, 1855-1883. New York: Routledge.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
Side-wheel Frigate U.S.S. Powhatan |