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
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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United States Ships-of-the-Line-- Part 4: The Ships and Classes
From Wikipedia "Lists of Ships of the Line in the United States Navy."
CONTINENTAL NAVY: USS America, given to France in 1782. There were three others. One was abandoned when the British captured Philadelphia in 1777 and the two others canceled and never named.
UNITED STATES NAVY:
COLUMBUS-CLASS. There were to be six in the class, but all were cancelled in 1800.
INDEPENDENCE-CLASS: Independence, Washington, Franklin and Columbus.
CHIPPEWA-CLASS: Chippewa, New Orleans and Pennsylvania (1837-1861). (The Pennsylvania was the first state-named ship-of-the-line, a tradition that continued with battleships and today, some of our submarines.)
DELAWARE-CLASS: Delaware (1820-1861), Vermont (1848-1901), New Hampshire (1864-1921), Virginia (laid-down, never launched), New York (laid-down 1820, burnt on ways 1861), Ohio (1820-1861), North Carolina (1820-1866)
Unnamed Class: 4 authorized in 1832 and never built.
The Ships-of-the-Line. --Brock-Perry
CONTINENTAL NAVY: USS America, given to France in 1782. There were three others. One was abandoned when the British captured Philadelphia in 1777 and the two others canceled and never named.
UNITED STATES NAVY:
COLUMBUS-CLASS. There were to be six in the class, but all were cancelled in 1800.
INDEPENDENCE-CLASS: Independence, Washington, Franklin and Columbus.
CHIPPEWA-CLASS: Chippewa, New Orleans and Pennsylvania (1837-1861). (The Pennsylvania was the first state-named ship-of-the-line, a tradition that continued with battleships and today, some of our submarines.)
DELAWARE-CLASS: Delaware (1820-1861), Vermont (1848-1901), New Hampshire (1864-1921), Virginia (laid-down, never launched), New York (laid-down 1820, burnt on ways 1861), Ohio (1820-1861), North Carolina (1820-1866)
Unnamed Class: 4 authorized in 1832 and never built.
The Ships-of-the-Line. --Brock-Perry
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