USS Fredonia
Cargo ship of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Fredonia was an 800-ton bark that served the U.S. Navy as a transport and as a storeship. After several voyages to California by way of Cape Horn, she became the station warehouse in Arica, where she was destroyed by an earthquake.
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United States | |
Name | Fredonia |
Launched | 1845[1] |
Acquired | 14 December 1846 |
Commissioned | 5 January 1847 |
Decommissioned | 18 January 1851 |
Out of service | 13 August 1868 |
Fate | Destroyed by earthquake in Peru, 13 August 1868 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 799,[1] or 800 |
Length | 160 ft (49 m) |
Beam | 32 ft 11 in (10.03 m) |
Depth of hold | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Propulsion | sail |
Complement | 37 |
Armament | 4 × 24-pounder carronades |
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