USS Mohican (1883)
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| Name: | USS Mohican |
| Builder: | Mare Island Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 4 September 1872 |
| Launched: | 27 December 1883 |
| Commissioned: | 25 May 1885 |
| Decommissioned: | 21 October 1921 |
| Fate: | Sold, 4 March 1922 |
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| Type: | Steam Sloop-of-war |
| Displacement: | 1,900 long tons (1,930 t) |
| Length: | 216 ft (66 m) p/p |
| Beam: | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
| Speed: | 10.65 knots (19.72 km/h; 12.26 mph) |
| Complement: | 230 |
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The second USS Mohican was a steam sloop of war in the United States Navy. She was named for the Mohican tribe.
Mohican was laid down by Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 4 September 1872, funded with the repair money allocated for the first Mohican; launched 27 December 1883; sponsored by Miss Eleanor W. Much; and commissioned 25 May 1885, Commander Benjamin F. Day in command.
Assigned to the Pacific Squadron, Mohican departed San Francisco, California 27 June 1885 to patrol the coast of Mexico and South America. Steaming as far south as Callao, Peru, the sloop of war spent the winter at that port and then departed 6 March 1886 for the South Pacific. For the remainder of the year, the warship cruised in tropical waters, visiting the Marquesas, Tahiti, and the Tuamotu Archipelago, and patrolling Samoan waters to protect American interests from German political interference. In July she paid an official call in Auckland, New Zealand. She surveyed Easter Island in December for the Smithsonian Institution, and then sailed on the 31st for South America, arriving Valparaiso, Chile, 14 January 1887.
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