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USS Ohio (1820)

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Ohio

Details

Nationality	United States of America
Authorised	1816-Apr-29
Laid Down	1817
Named
Launched	1820-May-30
Shipyard	New York Navy Yard
Designer	William Doughty
Constructor	Henry Eckford
Supplier
Decks	2
Rate	Ship of the Line
In Service	1838-Oct
Out Service	1883-Sep-27
Fate	Sold

Dimensions

Gun Deck	Keel	Beam	Depth	Draught	Burthen	Displacement	Source
197' 0"		53' 0"	22' 2"		2757

Armament

Date	Crew	Guns	Lower Gundeck	Upper Gundeck	Spardeck	B/S Weight	Source
1838		90	32 x 42	32 x 32	2 x 32 24 x 42C
1847		84	4 x 8" shell guns 28 x 42	4 x 8" shell guns 28 x 32	4 x 8" shell guns 16 x 32

Flag Officers

Date From	Date to	Rank	Name	Source
1838	1840	Commodore	Issac Hull
1848-Jan-21	1848-Aug-19	Commodore	Thomas A C Jones
1848-Aug-19	1850-May-03	Commodore	Cornelius K Stribling

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Name	Source
1838-Oct-11	1841-Aug-03	Joseph Smith
1847-Dec-07	1850-May-03	Silas H Stringham

Officers

Date From	Date To	Rank/Position	Name	Source

Service record

1820	In Ordinary
1838-Oct-11	Commissioned
1838-Oct-16	Sailed to New York to be armed
1838-Dec-06	Sailed to join the Mediterranean Squadron as Flagship
1841-Jul-17	Returned to Bostin
1841-Aug-03	Placed in Ordinary
1841	Receiving Ship at Boston
1846-Dec-07	Commisioned
1847-Jan-04	Sailed for Gulf of Mexico
1847-Mar-27	Landed 10 guns to assist in seige of Vera Cruz
1847-May-09	Arrived in New York
1847-Jun-26	Sailed to join the Pacific Squadron with the Ambassador to Brazil on board
1848-Jan-20	Arrived Valparaiso, Chile
1848-Jan-28	Sailed for Callao, Peru
1848-May-06	Arrived Mazatlan, Mexico
1850-Apr-25	Returned to Boston
1850-May-03	Decommisioned and used as receiving ship at Boston
1875-Oct-28	Placed in Ordinary
1883-Dec-22	Sold to to J. L. Snow of Rockland, Maine

Actions & Battles

Date		Source

Notes

Sources

W012	Dictionary of American Fighting Vessels
W013	DANFS Online
	Wikipedia Article

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