USS Pawnee (1859)
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| Name: | USS Pawnee |
| Builder: | Philadelphia Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 1858 |
| Launched: | 8 October 1859 |
| Commissioned: | 11 June 1860 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 November 1882 |
| Fate: | Sold, 3 May 1884 |
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| Type: | Steam sloop-of-war |
| Displacement: | 1,533 long tons (1,558 t) |
| Length: | 221 ft 6 in (67.51 m) |
| Beam: | 47 ft (14 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam engine/Sail |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 181 officers and enlisted |
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The first USS Pawnee was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for the Pawnee Indian tribe.
Pawnee was laid down in 1858 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched 8 October 1859, sponsored by Miss Grace Tyler; and commissioned 11 June 1860, Commander H. J. Hartstene in command.
After shakedown, she departed Philadelphia 24 September with Flag Officer Garrett J. Pendergrast embarked to assume command of the Home Squadron operating off the coast of Mexico. She arrived off Vera Cruz 15 October, and, after a short cruise, returned to Philadelphia 12 December.
Pawnee spent the first three months of 1861 in Washington, D.C. and was sent on an expedition to Charleston, South Carolina 6 April to relieve Major Robert Anderson's garrison at Fort Sumter. Delayed by a severe storm, she arrived only to find that the Fort had been surrendered to Confederate forces. She returned to Washington and was immediately dispatched to Norfolk to secure the ships and stores of the Gosport Navy Yard. Arriving at Norfolk the night of 20 April, she found that all ships, save USS Cumberland, had been scuttled, so an attempt was made to destroy the Naval stores and the dry dock. Their efforts were largely unsuccessful, but she took Cumberland in tow and saved the frigate.
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