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Sloop-of-war of the United States Navy
Not to be confused with CSS Tuscarora.
History
United States
Name
USS Tuscarora
Builder
Merrick & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Laid down
27 June 1861
Launched
24 August 1861
Commissioned
5 December 1861
Decommissioned
4 June 1864
Recommissioned
3 October 1864
Decommissioned
30 May 1865
Recommissioned
Later in 1865
Decommissioned
10 February 1871
Recommissioned
16 May 1872
Decommissioned
14 September 1876
Recommissioned
10 January 1878
Decommissioned
31 May 1880
Stricken
1883
Fate
Sold 20 November 1883
General characteristics
Type
Sloop-of-war
Displacement
1,457 long tons (1,480 t)
Length
198 ft 6 in (60.50 m)
Beam
33 ft 2 in (10.11 m)
Draft
14 ft 10 in (4.52 m)
Speed
11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Armament
2 × 11 in (280 mm) Dahlgren smoothbore guns
2 × 32-pounder guns
4 × 57 cwt 32-pounder guns
1 × 30-pounder Parrott rifle
The first USS Tuscarora was a Mohican-class sloop of war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
Tuscarora was laid down on 27 June 1861 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Merrick & Sons; launched on 24 August 1861; sponsored by Miss Margaret Lardner; and commissioned on 5 December 1861, Commander Tunis A. M. Craven in command.
The first USSTuscarora was a Mohican-class sloop of war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Tuscarora was laid down on 27 June 1861...
1830s, with Charles Darwin aboard; HMS Challenger during the 1870s; the USSTuscarora (1873–76); and the German Gazelle (1874–76). In Oceania, France obtained...
King Kalākaua in March 1874, a riot prompted landing of sailors from USSTuscarora and Portsmouth. The British warship, HMS Tenedos, also landed a token...
Tuscarora may refer to the following: Tuscarora people Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation (1960) Tuscarora language, an Iroquoian language...
S. Naval Academy in 1875 and spent the next year as a midshipman on USSTuscarora. Promoted to ensign in July 1876, he had sea duty on the sloops of war...
2 November 1842, 3 killed USS Constellation (1854) USS Cyane (1837) USS Dale (1839) USS Decatur (1839) USS Eagle (1812) USS Epervier (1814), lost in July...
29 July 1862. U.S. Navy Commander Tunis A. M. Craven, commander of USSTuscarora, was in Southampton and was tasked with intercepting the new ship, but...
commended for "defending American interests" in Mexico. He then commanded the Tuscarora. After a tour of duty at the Naval Academy between 1869 and 1873, Greer...
after promoted to commander and given command of the Tuscarora, special service. The Tuscarora went to England with orders to report to the U.S. Minister...
in 1874. At the time, he was serving as commander of the sloop-of-war Tuscarora on a mission to take deep-sea soundings in the North Pacific to help identify...
Charles Steedman USSTuscarora – Cmdr. James M. Frailey USS Vanderbilt – Cpt. Charles W. Pickering USS Wabash – Cpt. Melancton Smith USS Yantic – Lcdr....
Navy commanders at the island. The two American sloops-of-war, USSTuscarora and USS Portsmouth were anchored in Honolulu Harbor, on an expedition of...
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their selling Tuscarora into slavery increased tensions between the groups. These led to the Tuscarora War (1711-1715), in which the Tuscarora led by Chief...
occurred in late 1873 to early 1874. The Pacific Squadron sloops USSTuscarora and USS Portsmouth, under Lieutenant Commander Theodore F. Jewell, set sail...
CSS Tuscarora was a sidewheel steamer that briefly served as a gunboat in the Confederate States Navy at the beginning of the American Civil War. She...
he served aboard such naval vessels as the USS Constellation, USS Niagara, USS Brooklyn and the USSTuscarora. Many of the protection certificates were...
Cadiz, Spain, only 13 days and 16 hours later. She assisted USS Kearsarge and USSTuscarora to blockade Semmes at Gibraltar where he vainly sought repairs...
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