USS Plymouth (1867)
Plan of berth deck of USS Plymouth
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Plymouth |
Laid down | 1867 |
Launched | 1868 |
Commissioned | 20 January 1869, as Kenosha |
Decommissioned | 17 May 1879 |
Renamed | Plymouth, 15 May 1869 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1884 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Screw sloop |
Tonnage | 2400 |
Length | 250 ft 6 in (76.35 m) |
Beam | 38 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Armament |
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USS Plymouth, a wooden-hulled screw sloop-of-war, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Plymouth's keel was laid down as Kenosha at the
Service history
Kenosha got underway eastward across the Atlantic on 25 February 1869. While on the
Plymouth departed New York on 12 July 1870 and steamed to the
Recommissioned 10 October 1874, the sloop operated along the Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean Sea. Under the command of Captain Edward Barrett, Plymouth was sent by the Government to attend the closing of the International Expo. Barrett was also the first to test the Eads jetties in the spring of 1877.
In the spring and summer of 1876,
On the occasion of Great Railroad Strike of 1877, Captain Barrett was called to Washington, where he organized a brigade of naval sailors and marines for the protection of the city and public establishments and held the command of the first aid force until all danger had passed. Plymouth was employed sailing up the Potomac River, with Lieutenant Benjamin Tilley.
Plymouth decommissioned again 17 May 1879, and remained in ordinary at Portsmouth until scrapped in 1884.
See also
- List of sloops of war of the United States Navy
- Bibliography of early American naval history
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- ^ a b "Medal of Honor Recipients - Interim Awards, 1871–1898". Medal of Honor Citations. United States Army Center of Military History. August 3, 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2010.
- ^ GENERAL ORDERS AND CIRCULARS US Navy, pag 207 - 212