USS Santee (1855)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Santee.

USS Santee
The USS Santee moored at the United States Naval Academy, 1905 as a Barracks Ship.
History
United States
Laid down1820
Launched16 February 1855
Commissioned9 June 1861
Fate
  • sank at moorings 2 April 1912
  • Sold 2 August 1912
  • Raised February 1913
  • Burned 1913
General characteristics
Tonnage1726
Length190 ft (58 m) (between perpendiculars)
Beam45 ft (14 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 5 in (4.39 m)
Propulsionsail
Complement480 officers and enlisted
Armament
  • 2 × 64 pdr (29 kg) guns
  • 10 × 8 in (200 mm) shell guns
  • 20 × 32 pdr (15 kg) guns (.57 cwt)
  • 16 × 32 pdr (15 kg) guns (.33 cwt)
  • 2 × heavy 12 pdr (5.4 kg) guns

USS Santee was a wooden-hulled, three-masted sailing frigate of the United States Navy. She was the first U.S. Navy ship to be so named and was one of its last sailing frigates in service. She was acquired by the Union Navy at the start of the American Civil War, outfitted with heavy guns and a crew of 480, and was assigned as a gunboat in the Union blockade of the Confederate States. She later became a training ship then a barracks ship for the U.S. Naval Academy.