USS Portsmouth (1843)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Portsmouth.
The second USS Portsmouth was a wooden sloop-of-war in the United States Navy in service during the mid-to-late 19th century. She was designed by Josiah Barker on the lines of a French-built privateer, and built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, directly across the Piscataqua River from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She was described as an improvement over USS Saratoga built in the same shipyard a year earlier. Portsmouth was launched on 23 October 1843 and commissioned on 10 November 1844, with Commander John Berrien Montgomery in command.
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USS Portsmouth in 1896 (John S. Johnston, photographer) | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Portsmouth |
Builder | Portsmouth Navy Yard, its namesake navy yard |
Launched | 23 October 1843 |
Commissioned | 10 November 1844 |
Decommissioned | 14 July 1878 |
Stricken | 17 April 1915 |
Fate | Sold, and destroyed, 6–7 September 1915 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Sloop-of-war |
Tonnage | 1,022 |
Length | 151 ft 10 in (46.28 m) |
Beam | 37 ft 3 in (11.35 m) |
Draft | 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Complement | 200 Naval officers and enlisted, 27 Marines |
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