&sq=&lang=&file=File:USSUnitedStates1797.jpg) USS United States by 1852
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS United States |
| Namesake | United States[1] |
| Ordered | 27 March 1794[1] |
| Builder | Joshua Humphreys[2] |
| Cost | $299,336[3] |
| Launched | 10 May 1797 |
| Nickname(s) | "Old Wagon"[4] |
| Fate | Abandoned 20 April 1861 |
 Confederate States of AmericaConfederate States | |
| Name | CSS United States |
| Acquired | 20 April 1861[1] |
| Fate | Abandoned May 1862[1] |
 United States | |
| Name | USS United States |
| Acquired | May 1862[1] |
| Fate | Broken up December 1865[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | First class frigate[5] |
| Tons burthen | 1576 tons[1] |
| Length |
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| Beam | 43 ft 6 in (13.26 m)[1] |
| Draft | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) aft[1] |
| Depth of hold | 14 feet, 3 inches[6] |
| Decks | Orlop, Berth, Gun, Spar |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Speed | 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)[1] |
| Complement | 400 to 600 officers, enlisted personnel and 50 Marines |
| Armament | 30 × 24-pounders (11 kg), 14 × 12-pounders (Quasi War),[7] 32 × long 24-pounders (11 kg), 24 × 42-pounder (19 kg) carronades (War of 1812) |
USS United States was a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy and the first of the six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794. The name "United States" was among ten names submitted to President George Washington by Secretary of War Timothy Pickering in March of 1795 for the frigates that were to be constructed.[8][9] Joshua Humphreys designed the frigates to be the young Navy's capital ships, and so United States and her sisters were larger and more heavily armed and built than typical frigates of the period. She was built at Humphrey's shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and launched on 10 May 1797[10] and immediately began duties with the newly formed United States Navy protecting American merchant shipping during the Quasi-War with France.
In 1861, United States was in port at Norfolk when she was seized by the Virginia Navy. She was commissioned into the Confederate navy as CSS United States, but was later scuttled by Confederate forces. The U.S. Navy raised United States after retaking Norfolk, Virginia, but the aged and damaged ship was not returned to service; instead, United States was held at the Norfolk Navy Yard until she was broken up in December 1865.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "United States". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
- ^ Humphreys (1916), p. 390.
- ^ Hill (1905), p. 199.
- ^ Humphreys (1916), p. 391.
- ^ "Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the United States, including Officers of the Marine Corps, &c. for the Year 1825". Way & Gideon. 1825.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France (PDF). Vol. VII Part 1 of 4: Naval Operations December 1800–December 1801, December 1800–March 1801. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 370. Retrieved 1 October 2024 – via Ibiblio.
- ^ Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France (PDF). Vol. VII Part 1 of 4: Naval Operations December 1800–December 1801, December 1800–March 1801. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 370. Retrieved 1 October 2024 – via Ibiblio.
- ^ Pickering, Timothy (14 March 1795). Letter to George Washington. Founders Online, National Archives. Retrieved 25 September 2019
- ^ Brodine, Charles E.; Crawford, Michael J.; Hughes, Christine F. (2007). Ironsides! the Ship, the Men and the Wars of the USS Constitution. Fireship Press. p. 8. ISBN 9781934757147.
- ^ Cooper, 1856 p. 125