US Ships-of-the-Line-- Part 7: USS Vermont and New Hampshire

The USS VERMONT was ordered 29 April 1816 and launched in 1848 but not commissioned until 1862. It was not struck from Navy lists until 1901. After launching in 1848, it remained in ordinary in Boston Navy Yard until the Civil War when it was needed as a storage and receiving ship for the South Atlantic Blockading Fleet (SABS) based in Port Royal, S.C..

It was later also used as an ordnance and hospital ship.

In 1864, the Vermont was replaced by her sister ship, the USS New Hampshire. After that, it remained in the Brooklyn Navy Yard for 37 years.

USS NEW HAMPSHIRE-- Originally to be named the Alabama, it was launched in 1819 but not commissioned until 1864. In 1864, it replaced the USS Vermont at Port Royal, SC, and became a receiving ship for the SABS.

During the 1880s, it was used as training ship at the USNA and later became the receiving ship at New London, Connecticut 1891-1892.

After that, it became the training ship of the New York Naval Militia where an estimated 1,000 officers and men learned seamanship who fought in the Spanish-American War.

It was renamed the Granite State in 1904, to free up the name for the battleship New Hampshire (BB-25). After that, it was stationed in the Hudson River and provided training for naval personnel who fought in World War I. In 1921, it caught fire and sank.

--Brock-Perry