U.S.S. Congress (1868)

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U.S.S. Congress (1868)
Builder: Philadelphia Navy Yard[1]
Ordered: Mid-1863[2]
Laid down: 1865[3]
Launched: 17 Jul, 1868[4]
Commissioned: 4 Mar, 1870[5]
Sold: 27 Sep, 1883[6]
Fate: Broken up

U.S.S. Congress was one of two Albany Class screw sloops completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

Captains

Armament

[7]

1870

  • fourteen 9-inch muzzle-loaders
  • two 60-pounder muzzle-loaders

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 69.
  2. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 69.
  3. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 69.
  4. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 69.
  5. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 69.
  6. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 69.
  7. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 69.

Bibliography


Albany Class Screw Sloop
  Worcester Congress