USS Lexington (1825)
USS Lexington off Smyrna in 1828 by R. Corsini
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Lexington |
Laid down | 1825 |
Commissioned | 11 June 1826 |
Decommissioned | 16 November 1830 |
Recommissioned | 31 May 1831 |
Decommissioned | 26 February 1855 |
Fate | Sold 1860 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Sloop-of-war |
Tons burthen | 691 |
Length | 127 ft (39 m) |
Beam | 33 ft 6 in (10.21 m) |
Draft | 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Complement | 190 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 24 × 24-pounder guns |
The second USS Lexington was a
William B. Shubrick
in command.
The new sloop was first stationed off
Angostura, Venezuela, where he had arranged for Venezuelan help to suppress piracy off the Spanish Main
.
In 1827 Lexington sailed to the
Peacock, boarded Lexington under the command of Captain M’Keever for return to Boston Harbor on 24 April.[2]
Returning to the east coast in 1840, Lexington was converted into a store ship and her 24 medium 24-pounders were replaced by six 32-pounder carronades. In April 1843, she sailed to the Mediterranean and served there for two years.
The outbreak of
gold rush
of 1849.
Returning to the
United States East Coast early in 1850, Lexington operated on the eastern seaboard until getting underway from New York Harbor 18 June 1853 to join Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan
. After the success of this notable expedition, Lexington remained in the Orient before returning to New York, where she decommissioned on 26 February 1855. The sloop was sold in 1860.
References
- ^ "Raffael Corsini (act. c. 1828–1880): The American Sloop-of-War Lexington off Smyrna, 1828". Christie's. 26 May 2004.
- OCLC 12212199. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Media related to USS Lexington (1825) at Wikimedia Commons