The Alligator. |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Alligator |
| Builder: | Boston Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 26 June 1820 |
| Launched: | 2 November 1820 |
| Commissioned: | March 1821 |
| Fate: | Wrecked, 23 November 1822 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Schooner |
| Displacement: | 198 long tons (201 t) |
| Length: | 86 ft (26 m) |
| Beam: | 24 ft 7 in (7.49 m) |
| Depth: | 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Speed: | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Armament: | 12 × 6-pounder guns |
The third USS Alligator was a schooner in the United States Navy. On 6 June 1996, the site of its wreck was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Alligator was laid down on 26 June 1820 by the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 2 November 1820; and commissioned in March 1821 — probably on the 26th — with Lieutenant Robert F. Stockton in command.
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