 | This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (September 2018) |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Ossipee_(1861).jpg)
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Naval_jack_of_the_United_States_(1865%E2%80%931867).svg){kind=small}  United States | |
| Name | USS Ossipee |
| Namesake | The Ossipee River |
| Builder | Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine |
| Laid down | June 1861 |
| Launched | 16 November 1861 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. McFarland |
| Commissioned | 6 November 1862 |
| Decommissioned | 3 July 1865 |
| Recommissioned | 27 October 1866 |
| Decommissioned | 30 November 1872 |
| Recommissioned | 10 October 1873 |
| Decommissioned | 25 May 1878 |
| Recommissioned | 28 January 1884 |
| Decommissioned | 12 November 1889 |
| Fate | Sold 25 March 1891 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Screw sloop-of-war |
| Displacement | 1,240 long tons (1,260 t) |
| Length | 207 ft (63 m) |
| Beam | 38 ft (12 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Depth of hold | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 141 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
|
The first USS Ossipee was a wooden, screw sloop-of-war in commission in the United States Navy at various times between 1861 and 1889. She served in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for the Ossipee River of New Hampshire and Maine. The USS Ossipee was present during the Alaska Purchase.[1]
- ^ William, Seward; Rousseau, Lovell (October 1908). "Transfer of the Alaska to the United States" (PDF). University of Washington. Retrieved 18 October 2020.