Pacific Squadron - Ships

Ships

1845-1849

  • Independence, frigate (razee); 54 guns, ~500 crew,
  • Congress, frigate; 44 guns, 480 crew
  • Savannah, frigate; 44 guns, 480 crew
  • Columbus, ship of the line; 74 guns, 780 crew
  • Portsmouth, sloop; 20 guns, 200 crew
  • Cyane, sloop; 20 guns, 200 crew
  • Levant, sloop; 20 guns, 200 crew
  • Preble, sloop; 16 guns, 150 crew - Stevenson's convoy escort
  • Erie, storeship (bark); 4 guns, ukn crew
  • Relief, storeship; 408 tons, 6 guns, ukn crew
  • Warren, storeship (sloop); 691 tons, 18 guns, ukn crew
  • Brutus, storeship - for Stevenson's regiment, chartered?
  • Libertad, Schooner; ukn guns, ~20 crew
  • plus other ships captured during the war against Mexico

1851

  • Savannah, frigate; 44 guns, 480 crew
  • Raritan, frigate; 44 guns, 480 crew
  • Falmouth, sloop; 20 guns, 200 crew
  • St. Mary's, sloop; 20 guns, 200 crew
  • Vandalia, sloop; 20 guns, 200 crew
  • Vincennes, sloop; 20 guns, 200 crew
  • Warren, storeship (sloop); 20 guns, 200 crew
  • Lexington, storeship
  • Southampton, storeship
  • Supply, storeship
  • Massachusetts, steamer

1861-1865

1861

  • Lancaster, screw sloop-of-war, 24 × 9 in (230 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns, 1 × 2 in (51 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren gun, 2 × 30-pounder Parrott rifles, 367 men
  • Saranac, side wheel steam sloop-of-war, 9 × 8-inch guns, compliment unknown
  • Wyoming, screw sloop-of-war, 2 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns, 1 × 60-pounder Parrott rifle, 3 × 32-pounder guns, 198 men
  • Narragansett, 2nd class screw sloop-of-war, 1 × 11 in (280 mm) gun, 4 × 32-pounder guns, 50 men
  • St. Mary's, sloop of war, 16 × 32-pounder guns, 6 × 8 in (200 mm) guns, 195 men
  • Cyane, sloop 20 guns, 200 crew
  • Camanche, Passaic-class monitor, 2 × 15 inch smoothbore cannons, 76 men
  • Shubrick, lighthouse tender steamer

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