Wyoming Class Sloop (1859)
From The Dreadnought Project
Two Wyoming class sloops were completed for the U.S. Navy, one in 1859 and the other in 1861.
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| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
| Wyoming | Philadelphia NYd | Jul 1858 | 19 Jan, 1859 | Oct 1859 | Sold 9 May, 1892 |
| Tuscarora | Philadelphia NYd | 27 Jun, 1861 | 24 Aug, 1861 | 5 Dec, 1861 | Sold 20 Nov, 1883 |
Design & Construction
Hull design by Francis Grice.[1] Wyoming was one of three sloops ordered during the Secession Crisis to earlier designs, the others being Kearsarge and Wachusett.
Performance
The Wyomings were well built ships with good seagoing performance that were easy to steer.[2]
Armament
See individual articles.
See Also
Footnotes
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.
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