Portsmouth (Sloop of war)
Variant namesThe Portsmouth was under Commander John B. Montgomery and sailed chiefly on the coasts of Mexico and California.
From the description of Logbooks of the Portsmouth, 1844-1847. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 214990328
U.S. naval vessel launched at the Portsmouth, N.H., navy yard in 1843 and commissioned in 1844; wooden sloop of war; 1,022 tons; struck from the navy list in 1915 and subsequently sold.
From the description of Logbook, 1850 Mar. 6-1851 June 25. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70968558
Wooden sloop-of-war; launched 23 Oct. 1843; commissioned 10 Nov. 1844; saw action in Mexican War; 1849-1851 patroling with Royal Navy to supress slave trade; 1856-1858 sailed in Pacific to China; 1859-1861 tour of African coast; Civil War action in Gulf of Mexico; quarantine vessel at New York, 1866-1867; cruised off Brazil and Africa, 1869-1871; survey assign. in Pacific, 1873-1874; decommissioned 14 July 1878; became training ship with naval apprentices, 1878-1915; then with New Jersey Militia 1898-1911; loaned to Maine Hospital Service, Hampton Roads; struck from Navy list 17 Apr. 1915 and sold; burned at Governors Island, Boston Harbor, Sept. 1915.
From the description of Logbook of USS Portsmouth, 1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 708645864
Portsmouth (Sloop-of-war), refitted (1858-1861) in Portsmouth, N.H., and sent to blockade the Gulf of Mexico.
From the description of Inventory and receipt, 1860. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70922629
Sloop-of-war launched at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Oct. 23, 1843, commissioned 1844; duty in Mexican War, stopping African slave trade, served in China, Civil War, as quarantine vessel, and as training ship, 1878-1911; retired from U.S. Navy 1915.
From the description of Payroll book, 1882. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70926258
U.S. wooden sloop-of-war built in 1841 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard; commissioned 1844; service in China and the Civil War; in 1859-1861 toured African coast, engaging in the suppression of African slave trade, mastered by John Colhoun; in service until 1915 when struck from Navy list and sold.
From the description of Broadside, 1861. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70925375
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associatedWith | Abbot, L. | person |
associatedWith | Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Mass.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Casey, Silas, 1841-1913. | person |
associatedWith | Chambers, Washington Irving, 1856-1934. | person |
associatedWith | Colhoun, John. | person |
associatedWith | Downey, Joseph T. | person |
associatedWith | Falmouth (Ship) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Ferebee, Nelson M. | person |
associatedWith | Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull), 1806-1863 | person |
associatedWith | Gansevoort, Stanwix. | person |
associatedWith | Low family | family |
associatedWith | MacDougall, William D., 1868-1943. | person |
associatedWith | McCauley, Charles S., 1793-1869. | person |
associatedWith | Montgomery, John Berrien, b. 1794. | person |
associatedWith | Peck, E. | person |
associatedWith | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (U.S.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Prentiss family. | family |
associatedWith | Semmes, Alexander A., d. 1885. | person |
associatedWith | Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880. | person |
associatedWith | United States. Navy. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Unknown. | family |
associatedWith | Weaver, William Henry, b. 1827. | person |
associatedWith | Whittemore family | family |
associatedWith | Whittemore family. | family |
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