USS Hartford (1858)
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| Name: | USS Hartford |
| Builder: | Boston Navy Yard |
| Launched: | 22 November 1858 |
| Commissioned: | 27 May 1859 |
| Decommissioned: | 20 August 1926 |
| Fate: | Sank at her berth, 20 November 1956, subsequently dismantled |
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| Type: | Sloop-of-war |
| Tonnage: | 2900 |
| Length: | 225 ft (69 m) |
| Beam: | 44 ft (13 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 2 in (5.23 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam engine and Sails |
| Speed: | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
| Complement: | 310 officers and enlisted |
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USS Hartford, a sloop-of-war, steamer, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. Hartford served in several prominent campaigns in the American Civil War as the flagship of David G. Farragut, most notably the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864. She survived until 1956, when she sank awaiting restoration at Norfolk, Virginia.
Hartford was launched 22 November 1858 at the Boston Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss Carrie Downes, Miss Lizzie Stringham, and Lieutenant G. J. H. Preble; and commissioned 27 May 1859, Captain Charles Lowndes in command. After shakedown out of Boston, the new screw sloop of war, carrying Flag Officer Cornelius K. Stribling, the newly appointed commander of the East India Squadron, sailed for the Cape of Good Hope and the Far East. Upon reaching the Orient, Hartford relieved Mississippi as flagship. In November she embarked the American Minister to China, John Elliott Ward, at Hong Kong and carried him to Canton, Manila, Swatow, Shanghai, and other Far Eastern ports to settle American claims and to arrange for favorable consideration of the Nation's interests.
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