List of sloops of war of the United States Navy

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This is a list of sloops of war of the United States Navy .

Sailing sloops of war

USS Adams (1799), scuttled 3 September 1814 to prevent capture
USS Albany (1846), lost after 28–29 September 1854 with approx. 197 aboard
USS Alligator (1813), captured 14 December 1814
USS Belle Italia (1862)
USS Boston (1825), wrecked 15 November 1846, no fatalities
USS Brockenborough (1862), wrecked 27 May 1863
USS Concord (1828), wrecked 2 November 1842, 3 killed
USS Constellation (1854)
USS Cyane (1837)
USS Dale (1839)
USS Decatur (1839)
USS Eagle (1812)
USS Epervier (1814), lost in July or August 1815 with 134 aboard
USS Erie (1813)
USS Fair American (1812)
USS Fairfield (1828)
USS Falmouth (1827)
USS Fly (1776), burned to prevent capture November 1777
USS Frolic (1813), captured 20 April 1814
USS G. L. Brockenborough (1862), wrecked 27 May 1863
USS Ganges (1794)
USS Germantown (1846), scuttled 20 April 1861
USS Granite (1862)
USS Growler (1812 sloop)
USS Hamilton (1812), foundered 8 August 1813, 42 killed
USS Hornet (1775), captured 27 April 1777
USS Hornet (1805 sloop)
USS Hornet (1805 brig), foundered with the loss of all hands 10 September 1829
USS Independence (1776 sloop), wrecked 24 April 1778
USS Jamestown (1844)
USS Julia (1863)
USS Levant (1837), lost with all hands after 18 September 1860
USS Lexington (1825)
USS Louisiana (1812)
USS Marion (1839)
USS Maryland (1799)
USS Natchez (1827)
USS Ohio (1812), captured 12 August 1814
USS Ontario (1813)
USS Peacock (1813)
USS Peacock (1828), wrecked 17–19 July 1841, no fatalities
USS Plymouth (1844)
USS Portsmouth (1843)
USS Preble (1839), burned and exploded 27 April 1863
USS President (1812), captured 1814
USS Providence (1775), destroyed to prevent capture 14 August 1779
USS Rosalie (1863)
USS Saratoga (1842)
USS Scourge (1804)
USS Scourge (1812), foundered 8 August 1813, 42 killed
USS St. Louis (1828)
USS St. Mary's (1844)
USS Ticonderoga (1814)
USS Trippe (1812), captured October 1813
USS Trumbull (1799)
USS Vandalia (1828)
USS Vincennes (1826)
USS Warren (1827)
USS Wasp (1807), captured 15 October 1812
USS Wasp (1813)
USS Wasp (1814), lost with all hands October 1814
USS Yorktown (1839), wrecked 6 September 1850, no fatalities

Steam sloops of war

Marion class

USS Marion (1839)

Saranac class

USS Saranac (1848), wrecked 18 June 1875, no fatalities

Dacotah class

USS Dacotah (1859)

Seminole class

Saginaw class

USS Saginaw (1859), wrecked 29 October 1870 at Kure Atoll, 4 later killed while sailing for help

Pocahontas class

USS Pocahontas (1852)

Hartford class

Mohican class

USS Kearsarge (1861), wrecked 2 February 1894, no fatalities
USS Mohican (1859)
USS Iroquois (1859)
USS Oneida (1861), sunk in collision 24 January 1870, 125 killed
USS Tuscarora (1861)
USS Wachusett (1861)
USS Wyoming (1859)

Contoocook class

USS Contoocook (1864) renamed USS Albany
USS Manitou (1866) renamed USS Worcester
USS Mosholu (1867) renamed USS Severn
USS Pushmataha renamed USS Cambridge and USS Congress (1868)
USS Pompanoosuc (not launched)

Ossipee class

USS Ossipee (1861)
USS Adirondack (1861), wrecked 23 August 1862, no fatalities
USS Juniata (1862)
USS Housatonic (1861), sunk by submarine 17 February 1864, 5 killed

Sacramento class

USS Canandaigua (1862)
USS Monongahela (1862)
USS Sacramento (1862), wrecked 19 June 1867, no fatalities
USS Shenandoah (1862)

Ticonderoga class

Algoma-class

USS Alaska (1868)
USS Benicia (1868) formerly USS Algoma
USS Plymouth (1867) formerly USS Kenosha
USS Omaha (1869) formerly USS Astoria

Swatara class

Galena class

Vandalia class

USS Vandalia (1876), wrecked during the Apia cyclone at Samoa 16 March 1889, 43 killed
USS Mohican (1883)

Adams class

USS Enterprise (1874)
USS Adams (1874)
USS Alliance (1877)
USS Nipsic, rebuilt 1879, wrecked during the Apia cyclone at Samoa 16 March 1889, 8 killed, rebuilt
USS Essex (1876), later classified as IX-10

Alert class

USS Alert (1875), later classified as AS-4
USS Huron (1875), wrecked 24 November 1877, 98 killed
USS Ranger (1876), later classified as PG-23, IX-18

References

Chapelle, Howard Irving. The History of the American Sailing Navy; The Ships and Their Development. New York: Norton, 1949.
Canney, Donald L. The Old Steam Navy. Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press, 1990. ISBN 0-87021-004-1 ISBN 0870215868

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