USS Hartford (1858)

USS Hartford at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California.
History
United States
Name	USS Hartford
Builder	Boston Navy Yard
Launched	22 November 1858
Commissioned	27 May 1859
Decommissioned	20 August 1926
Fate	Sank at her berth, 20 November 1956, subsequently dismantled
General characteristics
Type	Sloop-of-war
Tonnage	2900
Length	225 ft (69 m)
Beam	44 ft (13 m)
Draft	17 ft 2 in (5.23 m)
Propulsion	Steam engine and Sails
Speed	13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
Complement	310 officers and enlisted[1]
Armament	20 × 9 in (230 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns 2 × 20-pounder Parrott rifles 2 × 12-pounder guns

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. She survived until 1956, when she sank awaiting restoration at Norfolk, Virginia.