U.S.S. Constellation (1854)
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| U.S.S. Constellation (1854) | |
|---|---|
| Hull Number: | IX-20 |
| Builder: | Norfolk Navy Yard[1] |
| Laid down: | 1853[2] |
| Launched: | 26 August, 1854[3] |
| Commissioned: | 28 July, 1855[4] |
| Decommissioned: | 4 February, 1955 |
| Stricken: | 15 August, 1955[5] |
| Preserved: | 7 August, 1955 |
| Fate: | Museum at Baltimore, Maryland |
U.S.S. Constellation is a sailing sloop-of-war completed for the U.S. Navy in 1855.
Construction
Constellation was notionally a repair of the famous Constellation of 1798, one of the original six frigates built for the United States Navy.[6] This caused some confusion after she became a museum ship, and for some time she was erroneously presented to the public as the original Constellation.[7]
Service
From 1865 through 1933, Constellation served variously as both a training ship and a receiving ship at Norfolk Navy Yard, Annapolis, and Newport.[8]
Renamed Old Constellation on 1 December, 1917 to clear her name for a new Lexington Class battlecruiser, but after those ships fell victim to the Washington Treaty she regained her old name on 24 July, 1925.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Henry B. Robeson, 1 June, 1882[10]
- Commander Charles L. Huntington, 14 May, 1887[11] – June 1888[12]
- Commander Charles J. Train, June 1888[13] – May 1889[14]
- Commander Francis W. Dickins, 20 August, 1894[15] (also commanding Naval Training Station, Newport)
- Commander John McGowan, 15 December, 1896[16] – June 29, 1899[17] (also commanding Naval Training Station, Newport)
- Commander John J. Hunker, 29 June, 1899[18] – September 1902[19] (also commanding Naval Training Station, Newport)
- Captain William W. Mead, 3 September, 1902[20] (also Commandant, 2d Naval District)
- Commander Frank E. Sawyer, 6 July, 1905[21] – 16 July, 1907[Inference] (also Commandant, Naval Training Station, Narragansett Bay)
- Commander William F. Fullam, 16 July, 1907[22] – 25 December, 1909[23][Inference] (also Commandant, Naval Training Station, Narragansett Bay)
- Commander Patrick W. Hourigan, 29 December, 1909[24] – 30 June, 1911[25] (also Commandant, Naval Training Station, Newport)
- Commander John H. Dayton, 2 November, 1911[26] (also Commandant, Naval Training Station, Newport)
Armament
1876
- one 100-pounder muzzle-loading rifle
- one 11-inch smoothbore
- eight 9-inch smoothbores
1880
- ten 9-inch smoothbores
- two 20-pounder muzzle-loading rifles
1888
- ten 8-inch smoothbores
- two 20-pounder muzzle-loading rifles
1891
- ten 8-inch smoothbores
- one 60-pounder breech-loading rifle
- one 20-pounder breech-loading rifle
1900
- six 6-pounders
1916
- two 6-pounders
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 23.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 23.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 23.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 23.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 23.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 23.
- ↑ Wegner, Ratliff, and Lynaugh. "Fouled Anchors".
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 3.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 3.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1882. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1887. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1889. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1889. pp. 8, 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 8.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1899. pp. 5, 7.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1899. p. 7.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1910. p. 14.
- ↑ Evening Star (Washington, DC) 4 July, 1911 p. 3.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 23.
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.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2008). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The Navy of World War II, 1922-1947. New York: Routledge.
- Wegner, Dana M., Ratliff, Colan, and Lynaugh, Kevin (September 1991). "Fouled Anchors: The Constellation Question Answered". Bethesda, MD: David Taylor Research Center.
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