USS Fredonia

History
United States
Name	Fredonia
Launched	1845[1]
Acquired	14 December 1846
Commissioned	5 January 1847
Decommissioned	18 January 1851
Out of service	13 August 1868
Fate	Destroyed by earthquake in Peru, 13 August 1868
General characteristics
Tonnage	799,[1] or 800
Length	160 ft (49 m)
Beam	32 ft 11 in (10.03 m)
Depth of hold	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Propulsion	sail
Complement	37
Armament	4 × 24-pounder carronades

USS Fredonia was an 800-ton

Fredonia was built in 1845 at Newbury, Massachusetts. She was registered on 27 May 1845. Her master was George Lunt. Her owners were Micajah Lunt and John Currier of Newbury, and George Lunt and Stephen Frotheringham of Newburypart.^[1] The US Navy purchased her at Boston, Massachusetts on 14 December 1846 for $52,000. The vessel was fitted out as a storeship and on 5 January 1847 was placed in commission under command of Lieutenant C. W. Chauncey.

Assigned to the Home Squadron, Fredonia sailed from Boston 9 January 1847 for the east coast of

Fredonia proceeded to New York City in October 1848 to take on a cargo destined for the west coast. She sailed from New York 11 December and on 31 July 1849 arrived in

References

• Phillips, Stephen Willard, ed. (1937). Ship registers of the district of Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1789–1870.
  OCLC 3025487
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.