USS Lexington (1825)

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USS Lexington
USS Lexington off Smyrna in 1828 by R. Corsini
History
United States
NameUSS Lexington
Laid down1825
Commissioned11 June 1826
Decommissioned16 November 1830
Recommissioned31 May 1831
Decommissioned26 February 1855
FateSold 1860
General characteristics
TypeSloop-of-war
Tons burthen691
Length127 ft (39 m)
Beam33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Draft16 ft 6 in (5.03 m)
PropulsionSail
Complement190 officers and enlisted
Armament24 × 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

  1. ^ "Raffael Corsini (act. c. 1828–1880): The American Sloop-of-War Lexington off Smyrna, 1828". Christie's. 26 May 2004.
  2. OCLC 12212199
    . Retrieved 15 February 2015.

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