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Revision as of 19:43, 26 December 2014
U.S.S. Canandaigua was a screw sloop completed for the U.S. Navy in 1862.
Construction
Her Isherwood-designed engines, contracted to the Atlantic Iron Works of Boston, were indentical to those of the other 1861 sloops.[1]
Service
Bowsprit added during 1865.[2]
During her 1869-1872 refit, Canandaigua was given a clipper bow.[3]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Armament
1872
- two 11-inch smoothbores
- eight 9-inch smoothbores
- two 20-pounder muzzle-loading rifles
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- 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.
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