&sq=&lang=&file=File:Pennsylvania-ship-of-the-line-Currier-Ives.jpeg) An 1846 lithography of the USS Pennsylvania by Currier and Ives
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| Name | USS Pennsylvania |
| Namesake | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
| Ordered | 29 April 1816 |
| Builder | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
| Cost | $687,026 (exclusive of armament)[1] |
| Laid down | September 1821 |
| Launched | 18 July 1837 |
| Commissioned | late 1837 |
| Fate | Burned, 20 April 1861, wreck salvaged and scrapped, late 1860s |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 3,241 tons burden[2] |
| Length | 210 ft (64 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft 9 in (17.30 m) |
| Depth of hold | 24 ft 4 in (7.42 m) |
| Sail plan | ship rig |
| Complement | 1,100 officers and men |
| Armament | 130 × 32-pounder (15 kg) guns |
USS Pennsylvania was a three-decked ship of the line of the United States Navy, rated at 130 guns,[1] and named for the state of Pennsylvania. She was the largest United States sailing warship ever built, the equivalent of a first-rate of the British Royal Navy. Authorized in 1816 and launched in 1837, her only cruise was a single trip from Delaware Bay through Chesapeake Bay to the Norfolk Navy Yard. The ship became a receiving ship, and during the American Civil War was destroyed.
- ^ a b Lenthall, John (27 May 1843). "On the Launch of the Three-deck Ship, the Pennsylvania, in 1837". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 3: 103–04. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
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