USS Wave (1836)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Wave.

History
United States
Name	USS Wave
Namesake	Previous name retained.
Builder	Brown and Bell, New York, New York
Completed	1832
Acquired	1836
Fate	Probably sold in 1846
Notes	In service as private yacht 1832-1836
General characteristics
Type	Schooner
Propulsion	Sail
Sail plan	Schooner-rigged
Armament	Reported both as 1 gun [1] or "2 small guns" [2]

USS Wave was a schooner in commission in the United States Navy from 1836 until probably 1846.

Wave was a schooner-rigged yacht designed along pilot boat lines by John C. Stevens and built for him in 1832 at New York City by Brown and Bell. ^[3] The U.S. Navy purchased her in 1836 for use in the Second Seminole War. In that campaign, she cruised the Florida coast in support of United States Army operations until 1840. After 1840, Wave served as a surveying vessel along the United States East Coast under the command of Lieutenant John R. Goldsborough.

In his History of the American Sailing Navy, Howard I. Chapelle suggests that she was sold in 1846. However, no evidence has been found to corroborate or refute that assertion. ^[4] Chapelle also states that as of the time of his book's publication in 1949, a model of Wave resided in the New York Yacht Club 's model room. ^[5]

Notes

1. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
2. Chappelle, p. 392
3. Chappelle, p. 392
4. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships original text at ; Chappelle's discussion of Wave can be found in Chappelle, p. 392, where he states that she was employed as a surveying vessel until 1846 but makes no mention of her sale or anything else about her fate.
5. Chappelle, p. 392

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.
• Chapelle, Howard I. The History of the American Sailing Navy: The Ships and Their Development. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1949. ISBN   1-56852-222-3.