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French ship Algésiras (1855) Alhambra (1855) Andrew Jackson (clipper) SS Arago (1855) French ship Arcole (1855) USCS Arctic. USS Arctic (1855) CSS Arctic. USS Arthur.
Liverpool. 2 June 1855. ^ a b c "Launch of a Screw Steamer". Liverpool Mercury. No. 2695. Liverpool. 5 June 1855. ^ a b "Launch of a Vessel for the Rock Ferry". Liverpool Mercury. No. 2698. Liverpool. 15 June 1855.
The 1840s. The first regular steamship service from the west to the east coast of the United States began on February 28, 1849, with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay. California left New York Harbor on October 6, 1848, rounded Cape Horn at the tip of South America, and arrived at San Francisco, California after a 4-month 21 ...
USS Merrimack (1855) USS. Merrimack. (1855) USS Merrimack, also improperly Merrimac, was a steam frigate, best known as the hull upon which the ironclad warship CSS Virginia was constructed during the American Civil War. The CSS Virginia then took part in the Battle of Hampton Roads (also known as "the Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack ...
On 24 April 1861, Union sloop-of-war USS Cumberland captured Young America in Hampton Roads, Virginia, as that Confederate tug attempted to help blockade-running schooner George M. Smith enter the James River laden with munitions for the Confederacy. Cumberland armed the prize—a screw steamer built in 1855 at New York City—and used her as a ...
Wabash —the first U.S. Navy ship to bear that name—was laid down on May 16, 1854 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched on October 24, 1855, sponsored by Miss Pennsylvania Grice; and commissioned there on August 18, 1856, Captain Frederick K. Engle in command. Wabash departed Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 7, 1856, stopping at ...
USS Santee (1855) USS. Santee. (1855) The USS Santee moored at the United States Naval Academy, 1905 as a Barracks Ship. USS Santee was a wooden-hulled, three-masted sailing frigate of the United States Navy. She was the first U.S. Navy ship to be so named and was one of its last sailing frigates in service. She was acquired by the Union Navy ...
USS. Sabine. (1855) The first USS Sabine was a sailing frigate built by the United States Navy in 1855. The ship was among the first ships to see action in the American Civil War. In 1862, a large portion of the USS Monitor crew were volunteers from the Sabine. She was built at the New York Navy Yard. Her keel was laid in 1822, but she was not ...