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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
During 1880 she was re-engined with new compound engines converted from a set originally built for the scrapped river monitor ''Keywadin''.{{BauerRobertsRegister|p. 63}} | During 1880 she was re-engined with new compound engines converted from a set originally built for the scrapped river monitor ''Keywadin''.{{BauerRobertsRegister|p. 63}} | ||
By 1899, she was serving as a training ship. | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Hartford''">{{ | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Hartford''"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Henry Allen Adams, Jr.|nick=Henry A. Adams Jr.|appt=1877|end=1 February, 1878<ref>''New York Daily Herald'' 20 March, 1878 p. 10.</ref>|note= Died while in command}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Charles Carroll Carpenter|nick=Charles C. Carpenter|appt=10 June, 1882{{USOfficerReg1882|p. 9}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Charles Carroll Carpenter|nick=Charles C. Carpenter|appt=10 June, 1882{{USOfficerReg1882|p. 9}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=George Hamilton Perkins|nick=George H. Perkins|appt=1885{{HamerslyRecords3|p. 50}}|end=1886{{HamerslyRecords3|p. 50}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John Mitchell Hawley|nick=John M. Hawley|appt=2 October, 1899{{USList&Station1900|p. 8}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John Mitchell Hawley|nick=John M. Hawley|appt=2 October, 1899{{USList&Station1900|p. 8}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William Heron Reeder|nick=William H. Reeder|appt=23 November, 1901{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 10}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William Heron Reeder|nick=William H. Reeder|appt=23 November, 1901{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 10}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Ten Eyck De Witt Veeder|nick=Ten E. D. W. Veeder|appt=20 November, 1903{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 14}}|end=October 1907{{USOfficerReg1908|pp. 10, 14}}|note=also in charge of all ships at [[United States Naval Academy|Naval Academy]] from 19 September, 1905{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 12}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Ten Eyck De Witt Veeder|nick=Ten E. D. W. Veeder|appt=20 November, 1903{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 14}}|end=October 1907{{USOfficerReg1908|pp. 10, 14}}|note=also in charge of all ships at [[United States Naval Academy|Naval Academy]] from 19 September, 1905{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 12}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Albert Parker Niblack|nick=Albert P. Niblack|appt=5 October, 1907{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 14}}|note=also in command of ships at [[United States Naval Academy|Naval Academy]]}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Albert Parker Niblack|nick=Albert P. Niblack|appt=5 October, 1907{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 14}}|end=after 1 January, 1909{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 14}}|note=also in command of ships at [[United States Naval Academy|Naval Academy]]}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Archibald Henderson Scales|nick=Archibald H. Scales|appt=11 June, 1910{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 14}}|note=also commanding {{US-Olympia}} and ships at [[United States Naval Academy|Naval Academy]]}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Archibald Henderson Scales|nick=Archibald H. Scales|appt=11 June, 1910{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 14}}|note=also commanding {{US-Olympia}} and ships at [[United States Naval Academy|Naval Academy]]|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Warren Jay Terhune|nick=Warren J. Terhune|appt=25 November, 1913{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 14}}|note=also [[Charleston Navy Yard|Captain of the Yard, Navy Yard, Charleston]]}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Warren Jay Terhune|nick=Warren J. Terhune|appt=25 November, 1913{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 14}}|note=also [[Charleston Navy Yard|Captain of the Yard, Navy Yard, Charleston]]}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Farmer Morrison|nick=Farmer Morrison|appt=30 July, 1915{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 20}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Farmer Morrison|nick=Farmer Morrison|appt=30 July, 1915{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 20}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Mark St. Clair Ellis|nick=Mark | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Mark St. Clair Ellis|nick=Mark St. C. Ellis|appt=27 September, 1918{{USOfficerReg1919|pp. 22-23}}}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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{{WP| | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hartford_(1858)}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:28, 26 January 2022
| U.S.S. Hartford (1858) | |
|---|---|
| Hull Number: | IX-13 |
| Builder: | Boston Navy Yard[1] |
| Ordered: | 3 March, 1857[2] |
| Laid down: | 1 January, 1858[3] |
| Launched: | 22 November, 1858[4] |
| Commissioned: | 27 May, 1859[5] |
| Decommissioned: | 20 August, 1926[6] |
| Lost: | 20 November, 1956[7] |
| Fate: | Sank at Norfolk NYd Broken up 1957 |
U.S.S. Hartford was a screw sloop commissioned into the U.S. Navy in 1859.
Construction
Hartford's hull was designed by Benjamin F. Delano, and her machinery was contracted to Harrison Loring of Boston.[8]
Service
During 1880 she was re-engined with new compound engines converted from a set originally built for the scrapped river monitor Keywadin.[9]
By 1899, she was serving as a training ship.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Henry A. Adams Jr., 1877 – 1 February, 1878[10] (Died while in command)
- Captain Charles C. Carpenter, 10 June, 1882[11]
- Captain George H. Perkins, 1885[12] – 1886[13]
- Commander John M. Hawley, 2 October, 1899[14]
- Captain William H. Reeder, 23 November, 1901[15]
- Captain Ten E. D. W. Veeder, 20 November, 1903[16] – October 1907[17] (also in charge of all ships at Naval Academy from 19 September, 1905[18])
- Commander Albert P. Niblack, 5 October, 1907[19] – after 1 January, 1909[20] (also in command of ships at Naval Academy)
- Commander Archibald H. Scales, 11 June, 1910[21] – after 1 January, 1912[22] (also commanding Olympia and ships at Naval Academy)
- Commander Warren J. Terhune, 25 November, 1913[23] (also Captain of the Yard, Navy Yard, Charleston)
- Lieutenant Commander Farmer Morrison, 30 July, 1915[24]
- Commander Mark St. C. Ellis, 27 September, 1918[25]
Armament
1872
- two 11-inch smoothbores
- sixteen 9-inch smoothbores
- two 20-pounder muzzle-loading rifles
1882
- one 8-inch muzzle-loading rifle
- twelve 9-inch smoothbores
- one 60-pounder breech-loading rifle
- two 20-pounder breech-loading rifles
1894
- thirteen 5-inch breech-loading rifles
1905
- nine 5-inch breech-loading rifles
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 63.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 63.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 63.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 63.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 63.
- ↑ Silverstone. Navy of World War II. p. 286.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 63.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 63.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 63.
- ↑ New York Daily Herald 20 March, 1878 p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1882. p. 9.
- ↑ Records of Living Officers (3th ed). p. 50.
- ↑ Records of Living Officers (3th ed). p. 50.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1900. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. pp. 10, 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 22-23.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 63.
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.
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- 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.
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