U.S.S. Canandaigua (1862)

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U.S.S. Canandaigua was a screw sloop completed for the U.S. Navy in 1862.

Construction

Her Isherwood-designed engines, contracted to the Atlantic Iron Works of Boston, were indentical to those of the other 1861 sloops.[1]

Service

Bowsprit added during 1865.[2]

During her 1869-1872 refit, Canandaigua was given a clipper bow.[3]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

[4]

1872

  • two 11-inch smoothbores
  • eight 9-inch smoothbores
  • two 20-pounder muzzle-loading rifles

See Also

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Footnotes

  1. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 68.
  2. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 68.
  3. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 68.
  4. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 68.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: Civil War Navies, 1855-1883. New York: Routledge.


Screw Sloop U.S.S. Canandaigua