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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.
USS Growler (1812 sloop) USS Hamilton (1812), foundered 8 August 1813, 42 killed; USS Hornet (1775), captured 27 April 1777; USS Hornet (1805 sloop) USS Hornet (1805 brig), foundered with the loss of all hands 10 September 1829; USS Independence (1776 sloop), wrecked 24 April 1778; USS Jamestown (1844) USS Julia (1863)
USS Hartford (SSN-768), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the second ship of the Navy to be named for Hartford, Connecticut. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 30 June 1988 and her keel was laid down on 22 February 1992.
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Hartford, named in honor of Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. USS Hartford (1858), was a sloop-of-war, commissioned in 1859 and finally disposed of in 1957. USS Hartford (SSN-768), is a Los Angeles-class submarine, commissioned in 1994 and currently in service.
1858: USS Hartford (22-gun sloop of war) [10] Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip; Battle of Mobile Bay; 1859: USS Narragansett (5-gun sloop of war) [11] American Civil War; 1861: USS Wachusett (10-gun sloop of war) [12] Peninsula Campaign; Bahia incident; 1861: USS Housatonic (11-gun sloop of war) [13] Sinking of USS Housatonic
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USS Hartford was a good example of these. [1] Brooklyn also belonged to this order that made the screw sloop popular. [17] In 1858, seven smaller screw sloops were ordered. USS Mohican and Narragansett were examples of these seven. [1]
Supply, mobile base aviation stores ship, later AVS-1; North Star, ex-WPG-59; Mustang, ex-William H. Smith (fishing schooner), amphibious training ship; USS City of Dalhart (IX-156) City of Dalhart, construction battalion command ship, Brodie landing system installed [17] Orvetta, ex-Tampa, mobile base barracks