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|order=3 March, 1857{{BauerRobertsRegister|p. 63}}
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|comm=26 January, 1859{{BauerRobertsRegister|p. 63}}
|decomm=14 May, 1889{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 2}}
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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. Brooklyn''' was a [[Sloop|screw sloop]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1859.

==Construction==
''Brooklyn'' was one of the few major [[U.S. Navy]] warships built by a private firm during the pre-Civil War era, being built by the [[Jacob A. Westervelt & Sons]] of New York City.  Her machinery was contracted to the Fulton Iron Works.{{BauerRobertsRegister|p. 63}}

==Service==
Fitted with a complete spar deck in 1869-1870 on the orders of {{AdmUS}} [[David Dixon Porter|David D. Porter]], but this was subsequently removed in 1879-1881.{{BauerRobertsRegister|p. 63}}

Served with the [[Asiatic Squadron]] from 1886 until she was decommissioned on 14 May, 1889.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 2}}

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Brooklyn''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=James Alden, Jr.|nick=James Alden, Jr.|appt=1864|end=1865}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Aaron Ward Weaver|nick=Aaron W. Weaver|appt=10 November, 1881{{USOfficerReg1882|p. 9}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Edmund Orville Matthews|nick=Edmund O. Matthews|appt=19 October, 1885{{USOfficerReg1887|p. 6}}|end=September, 1887{{LivingOfficers1898|p. 4}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Byron Wilson|nick=Byron Wilson|appt=19 September, 1887{{USOfficerReg1889|p. 6}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==Armament==
{{BauerRobertsRegister|p. 63}}
===1874===
* two 100-pounder muzzle-loading rifles
* sixteen 9-inch smoothbores
* one 20-pounder muzzle-loading rifle
===1881===
* one 8-inch muzzle-loading rifle
* twelve 9-inch smoothbores
* one 60-pounder breech-loading rifle
* two 20-pounder breech-loading rifle

==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Brooklyn_(1858)}}
{{refend}}

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
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* {{BauerRobertsRegister}}
* {{SilverstoneCivilWar}}
* {{SilverstoneNewNavy}}
{{refend}}

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