U.S.S. Hartford
1864
(Langton ACW-22)
(Constructed by Hugh Thomas)
- Class: Hartford - 1 screw sloop of 1857
- Displacement: 2,900 tons
- Dimensions: 225' x 44' x 17'2"
- Machinery: 1 screw, 2 horizontal double piston-rod engines,
2 boilers; IHP 1,024 = 13.5 knots
- Armament: 2-100pdr rifles, 18-9" smooth bore, 1-30pdr rifle, 3-13pdr howiters
- Complement: 310
- Builder: Boston (Loring)
- Laid down: 1 Jan 1858
- Launched: 22 Nov 1858
- Commissioned: 27 May 1859
- Notes: Ship rig. Re-engined 1880 with engines built for Kewaydin. Rerigged as bark 1887 for service as training ship. Re-engined again 1898.
- Service: East India Sqn 1859-61. West Gulf Blockading Sqn (flag), 1861-65. Passage past New Orleans forts and engagement with CSN vessels, 24 Apr 1862. Made passage past batteries at Vicksburg, 28 Jun 1862. Engagement with CSS Arkansas above Vicksburg, 15 Jul 1862. Made passage past Port Hudson, 14 Mar, north past Grand Gulf, 19 Mar, and run south 31 Mar 1863. Bombardment of Ft. Powell, Mobile Bay, 16-29 Feb 1864. Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 Aug 1864. Bombardment of Ft. Morgan, Mobile Bay, 9-23 Aug 1864. Repairing Dec 1864 - Jul 1865.
Asiatic Sqn 1865-68 and 1872-75. Decommissioned 14 Jan 1887. Apprentice training ship 1887-90. Training ship 1899-1912. Station ship, Charleston, SC, 1912-26. Foundered at her berth at Norfolk Navy Yard, 20 Nov 1956.
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