USS Housatonic (1861)
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USS Housatonic was a screw sloop-of-war of the United States Navy, gaining its namesake from the Housatonic River of New England.
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Housatonic |
Namesake | The Housatonic River |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts |
Launched | 20 November 1861 |
Sponsored by | Miss Jane Coffin Colby and Miss Susan Paters Hudson |
Commissioned | 29 August 1862 |
Fate | Sunk 17 February 1864 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Screw sloop |
Displacement | 1,240 long tons (1,260 t) |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 38 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 7 in (2.62 m) |
Propulsion | Sail and steam |
Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
Complement | 160 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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Housatonic was launched on 20 November 1861, by the Boston Navy Yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, sponsored by Miss Jane Coffin Colby and Miss Susan Paters Hudson; and commissioned there on 29 August 1862, with Commander William Rogers Taylor in command. Housatonic was one of four sister ships which included USS Adirondack, USS Ossipee, and USS Juniata. Housatonic is recognized as being the first ship sunk in combat by a submarine when she was attacked and sunk by H.L. Hunley in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.[1]