USS Princeton (1851)
USS Princeton (1851) was a large 1,370-ton steamer with powerful guns, some of whose timbers were those from the first USS Princeton, the U.S. Navy’s first screw steam warship.
Princeton was originally assigned to sail with Admiral Matthew C. Perry’s squadron to Japan, but broke down due to boiler problems just as the voyage was to start. She was laid up prior to the start of the American Civil War, but, when that war broke out, she was reactivated as a receiving ship at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Read more about USS Princeton (1851): Built At The Boston Navy Yard in 1851, Assigned To Commodore Perry, Assigned To Commodore Shubrick, Civil War Service, Decommissioning, See Also
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