&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Saranac_(1848).jpg) Saranac in port in the 1870s
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Saranac |
| Namesake | Saranac River |
| Builder | Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine |
| Laid down | 1847 |
| Launched | 14 November 1848 |
| Commissioned | 12 October 1850 |
| Decommissioned | 20 July 1853 |
| Recommissioned | 5 November 1853 |
| Decommissioned | 1 July 1856 |
| Recommissioned | 17 September 1857 |
| Decommissioned | 25 January 1869 |
| Recommissioned | 27 January 1870 |
| Fate | Wrecked 18 June 1875 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 1,463 tons |
| Length | 215 ft 6 in (65.7 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft 9 in (11.5 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 4 in (5.3 m) |
| Depth of hold | 26 ft 6 in (8.1 m) |
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| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Complement | 173 |
| Armament | 11 × 8-inch (200 mm) guns[1] |
USS Saranac was a sloop-of-war of the United States Navy. The ship laid down in 1847 during the Mexican–American War; however, by the time she completed sea trials, the war was over. She was commissioned in 1850 and saw service protecting American interests in the Atlantic Ocean as well as the Pacific Ocean.
When the American Civil War broke out, Saranac patrolled America’s West Coast. Retained by the Navy post-war, she continued in service until wrecked on Vancouver Island, British Columbia in 1875.[1]
- ^ a b "The Wreck of the Saranac". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 September 1875. p. 3. Retrieved 19 June 2014.