U.S.S. Brooklyn (1858)
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| U.S.S. Brooklyn (1858) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Westervelt & Sons[1] |
| Ordered: | 3 March, 1857[2] |
| Laid down: | 1857[3] |
| Launched: | 27 July, 1858[4] |
| Commissioned: | 26 January, 1859[5] |
| Decommissioned: | 14 May, 1889[6] |
| Sold: | 25 May, 1891[7] |
U.S.S. Brooklyn was a screw sloop completed for the U.S. Navy in 1859.
Construction
Brooklyn was one of the few major U.S. Navy warships built by a private firm during the pre-Civil War era, being built by the Jacob A. Westervelt & Sons of New York City. Her machinery was contracted to the Fulton Iron Works.[8]
Service
Fitted with a complete spar deck in 1869-1870 on the orders of Admiral David D. Porter, but this was subsequently removed in 1879-1881.[9]
Served with the Asiatic Squadron from 1886 until she was decommissioned on 14 May, 1889.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain James Alden, Jr., 1864 – 1865
- Captain Aaron W. Weaver, 10 November, 1881[11]
- Captain Edmund O. Matthews, 19 October, 1885[12] – September, 1887[13]
- Captain Byron Wilson, 19 September, 1887[14]
Armament
1874
- two 100-pounder muzzle-loading rifles
- sixteen 9-inch smoothbores
- one 20-pounder muzzle-loading rifle
1881
- one 8-inch muzzle-loading rifle
- twelve 9-inch smoothbores
- one 60-pounder breech-loading rifle
- two 20-pounder breech-loading rifle
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 63.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 63.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 63.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 63.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 63.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 2.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 63.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 63.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 63.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 2.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1882. p. 9.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1887. p. 6.
- ↑ Hamersly. Living Officers 1898. p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1889. p. 6.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 63.
Bibliography
- Bauer, K. Jack and Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. New York: Greenwood Press.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: Civil War Navies, 1855-1883. New York: Routledge.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
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