American Fifth Rate frigate 'St Lawrence' (1848)

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St Lawrence			2426
Nominal Guns	50
Nationality	United States of America
Operator	United States Navy
Keel Laid Down	1826
Launched	1848
First Commissioned	17.8.1848
How acquired	Purpose built
Shipyard	Norfolk Navy Yard - Portsmouth
Category	Fifth Rate
Ship Type	Frigate
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Sold	31.12.1875

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentDANFS
Length of Gundeck175' 0"US Feet53.34
Breadth45' 0"US Feet13.716
Depth in Hold14' 5"US Feet4.299

Armament

1848Broadside Weight = 672 Imperial Pound ( 304.752 kg)DANFS
Gun Deck42 American 32-Pounder
Gun Deck8 American 8" Shell Gun

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1848480 DANFS

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
17.8.1848 - 15.11.1850CaptainDANFS

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1853 - 21.8.1852Lieutenantref:234

Service History

DateEventSource
8.9.1848Sailed from Norfolk for EuropeDANFS
7.10.1848Arrived at the mouth of the Weser and was towed into BremerhavenDANFS
22.11.1848Left BremerhavenDANFS
2.12.1848Arrived in SouthamptonDANFS
12.1.1849Arrived in LisbonDANFS
7.1849Returned to BremerhavenDANFS
19.7.1849Left BremerhavenDANFS
2.8.1849Left CopenhagenDANFS
7.8.1849Arrived in StockholmDANFS
16.8.1849Left StockholmDANFS
3.12.1849Arrived at Port MahonDANFS
1.11.1850Arrived at BostonDANFS
6.11.1850Arrived at New YorkDANFS
15.11.1850DecommissionedDANFS
5.2.1851RecommissionedDANFS
20.2.1851Left New YorkDANFS
11.8.1851Returned to New York and decommissionedDANFS
18.11.1851RecommissionedDANFS
12.12.1851Sailed for the PacificDANFS
7.2.1855Sailed from ValparaisoDANFS
21.4.1855Arrived at Hampton RoadsDANFS
21.5.1855Decommisisoned and placed in ordinary at NorfolkDANFS
22.9.1856Recommissioned for the Brazil stationDANFS
31.12.1857Sold to E. StannardDANFS
25.5.1859Decommissioned at PhiladelphiaDANFS
21.6.1861RecommissionedDANFS
6.3.1862Arrived at Hampton Roads and was badly damaged by the CSS VirginiaDANFS
30.5.1863Decommissioned at Portsmouth Navy YardDANFS
5.8.1863Recommissioned and sailed to Hampton Roads to become an ordinance shipDANFS
1865Store ship at NorfolkDANFS
12.12.1865DecommissionedDANFS
1867Converted to a barracks shipDANFS

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

DANFSUnknown, Web Site

ref:234George Henry Preble, Book

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