USS Flying Fish (1838)

The Flying Fish as drawn by Alfred Thomas Agate
History
United States
Name	USS Flying Fish
Namesake	Flying Fish
Builder	Jabex & Williams
Launched	11 March 1837
Acquired	3 August 1838
In service	12 August 1838
Out of service	26 February 1842
Renamed	From Independence to Flying Fish
Fate	Sold
General characteristics
Displacement	96 tons
Length	85 ft 6 in (26.06 m)
Beam	22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Sail plan	34 ft 6 in (10.52 m) maintop mast
Complement	15
Armament	2 guns

USS Flying Fish was formerly the New York City pilot boat schooner Independence. Purchased by the United States Navy at New York City on 3 August 1838 and upon joining her squadron in Hampton Roads on 12 August 1838, she was placed under command of Passed Midshipman S. R. Knox.^[1]