U.S.S. Minnesota (1855)
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| U.S.S. Minnesota (1855) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Washington Navy Yard[1] |
| Ordered: | 6 April, 1854[2] |
| Laid down: | May 1854[3] |
| Launched: | 1 December, 1855[4] |
| Commissioned: | 21 May, 1857[5] |
| Stricken: | 12 July, 1901[6] |
| Sold: | 12 August, 1901[7] |
| Fate: | Burnt |
U.S.S. Minnesota was a screw frigate completed for the U.S. Navy in 1857 that served as a training ship during the late nineteenth century.
Construction
Service
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Stephen B. Luce, 1 January, 1878[8]
- Captain James H. Gillis, 22 February, 1882[9]
- Captain Theodore F. Kane, 15 June, 1886[10]
- Captain Gilbert C. Wiltse, 14 April, 1888[11]
- Captain Edward E. Potter, 1 April, 1891[12]
- Captain Henry F. Picking, 21 November, 1894[13]
Armament
1873
- two 11-inch smoothbores
- two 100-pounder muzzle-loading rifles
- forty-two 9-inch smoothbores
1875
- one 11-inch smoothbore
- twenty-six 9-inch smoothbores
- four 32-pounder smoothbores
1878
- one 11-inch smoothbore
- thirty-eight 9-inch muzzle-loading rifles
- four 32-pounder smoothbores
- two 20-pounder muzzle-loading rifles
1879
- twenty-four 9-inch smoothbores
- sixteen 32-pounder smoothbores
- two 20-pounder breech-loading rifles
1882
- twenty-four 9-inch smoothbores
- one 60-pounder breech-loading rifle
- two 20-pounder breech-loading rifles
1887
- eight 9-inch smoothbores
- one 60-pounder breech-loading rifle
- two 20-pounder breech-loading rifles
1890
- eight 9-inch smoothbores
- one 60-pounder breech-loading rifle
- two 20-pounder breech-loading rifles
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 55.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 55.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 55.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 55.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 55.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 1.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 1.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1880. p. 9.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1882. p. 9.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1887. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1891. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1895. p. 6.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 55.
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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