USS Princeton (1851)
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  United States
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| Laid down: | June 1851 |
| Launched: | October 1851 |
| Commissioned: | 18 May 1852 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 June 1855 |
| In service: | 1857 |
| Out of service: | 9 October 1866 |
| Struck: | 1866 (est.) |
| Homeport: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Fate: | sold, circa 9 October 1866 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,370 tons |
| Length: | 177’ 6” |
| Beam: | 32’ 8” |
| Draught: | 25’ 9” |
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| Speed: | 8 knots |
| Complement: | not known |
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USS Princeton (1851) was a large 1,370-ton steamer with powerful guns, some of whose timbers were those from the first USS Princeton, the U.S. Navy’s first screw steam warship.
Princeton was originally assigned to sail with Admiral Matthew C. Perry’s squadron to Japan, but broke down due to boiler problems just as the voyage was to start. She was laid up prior to the start of the American Civil War, but, when that war broke out, she was reactivated as a receiving ship at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The second Navy ship to be so named, Princeton, a clipper-built ship, was laid down in June 1851 at Boston Navy Yard; launched in October 1851; sponsored by Lt. Edward R. Thompson; and commissioned 18 May 1852 at Boston, Massachusetts, Comdr. Sidney Smith Lee in command.
Some of the usable timbers of the first Princeton were incorporated in the new hull of the second Princeton. Upon completion of the hull at Boston, Princeton proceeded 19 May 1852 to Baltimore, Maryland, where her machinery was installed at Vulcan Iron Works. New boilers and propellers were added but the original engines of “Ericsson semi-cylinder” design were retained. She remained at Baltimore until 18 November when she departed for Norfolk, Virginia, arriving the same day.
Princeton was fitted out for duty with Commodore Matthew C. Perry’s Squadron in the Far East and sailed 18 November 1852 from Baltimore rendezvousing with Perry’s flagship, the USS Mississippi off Annapolis, Maryland. On the way down the Chesapeake Bay, she developed boiler trouble and remained at Norfolk while Mississippi continued on without her. She decommissioned 1 January 1853 at Norfolk.
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