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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Fenimore Cooper |
| Namesake | James Fenimore Cooper |
| Acquired | January 1853 |
| Commissioned | 21 March 1853 |
| Decommissioned | 13 August 1859 |
| Stricken | 13 August 1859 |
| Fate | Abandoned in a typhoon in Tokyo Bay, Japan |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Schooner |
| Displacement | 95 tons |
| Propulsion | Schooner sail |
| Armament | Three guns |
USS Fenimore Cooper was a United States Navy schooner assigned as a ship’s tender to accompany a surveying expedition. After departing from Hampton Roads, Virginia, and navigating the Cape of Good Hope, the expedition traveled throughout the Pacific Ocean accumulating hydrographic information from the South China Sea to the Bering Strait in the Arctic and Alaska.
Subsequently, Fenimore Cooper performed supply operations based out of San Francisco, California, before once again returning to her Pacific Ocean survey work, which continued until she was destroyed in a typhoon off Yokohama, Japan. The crew survived this and was returned to the United States.