Vessel Name WILMINGTON, U.S.S. Also Known As U.S.S. DOVER, 1941 Build Year 1895 Official Number AMERICAN Construction Build City Newport News Build State VA Vessel Type Naval Vessel Hull Materials Steel Builder Name Newport News Ship Building Co. Ownership Original Owner United States Navy Power (Sail) Propulsion Type Screw Power (Mechanical) Engine Type Quadruple Expansion Engine Number Cylinders 8 Engine Number Propellers 2 Dimensions Length 250.9 Beam 40 Depth 9 Tonnage Gross 1,571 Final Disposition Final Date Month 30 Final Date Day 12 Final Date Year 1946 Final How Sold for scrap. History and Notes History 1895, Oct 19 Launched. 1897, May 13 Commissioned in US Naval service as U.S.S. WILMINGTON, GUNBOAT NO. 8; operated off Cuba in Spanish American War. 1899-1900 South American Squadron. 1901-22 Served in Asian Waters. 1923 Great Lakes Training Ship. 1934 Returned Canada's Parlimentary Mace that was captured by Americans in War of 1812. 1941 Designated 1x-30; renamed U.S.S. DOVER; served saltwater in World War II. 1945, Dec Decommissioned. 1946 Sold for scrap.
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MICHIGAN, U.S.S.; 1843; Naval Vessel; AMERICAN
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MICHIGAN, U.S.S. Also Known As WOLVERINE, 1905 Build Year 1843 Official Number AMERICAN Subject Ports Construction Build City Erie Build State PA Vessel Type Naval Vessel Number of Decks 1 Hull Materials Iron Builder Name Stackhouse & Tomlinson Master Carpenter Samuel Hartt, U.S.N. Ownership Original Owner U.S. Navy Ownership Notes Sections prefabricated by Stackhouse & Tomlinson in Pittsburgh, PA & assembled in Erie, PA. Power (Sail) Propulsion Type Sidewheel Sail Number Masts 3 Power (Mechanical) Engine Type Inclined Compound Engine Number Cylinders 2 Engine Number Boilers 2 Dimensions Length 165.2 Beam 27 Depth 12 Tonnage Gross 582 Final Disposition Final Location Misery Bay, Erie, PA. Final Date Year 1948 Final How Scrapped. Final Notes 1950 Bow & cutwater erected as monument near shipyard where she was built. History and Notes History Built for defense of the Lakes after the Canadian Rebellion of 1837-40 because of armed British ships on the Lakes. 1843, Dec 5 Launched. 1844, Sep 29 Commissioned; armed with two 68" Paixhans cannons & four 32# carronades, but because of the Rush-Bagot British-American disarmament treaty, was reduced to single 18 pounder. 1851, May Assisted in the arrest of James J. Strang, "king" of the Kingdom of God on Earth Mormon Colony, established on Beaver Island, MI, Lake Michigan. 1853, Apr Changed to schooner rig. 1853, May 9 Collision with propeller BUFFALO off Pointe Aux Barques, MI, Lake Michigan. 1853, Jun 2 Repaired. 1853, Aug Repaired, Chicago, IL. 1861 Patrolled Lakes Erie, Huron & Michigan durning first part of the Civil War; Armament increased; 10, 20 & 30# Parrotts; 12, 24# howitzers; one 64# bowgun; 1 stern gun. 1863-64 Guarded Johnson's Island near Sandusky, OH where Confederate prisoners were kept. 1868 Took active part in repressing Fenian invasion of Canada. 1873, Jul Ashore at Light House Point; pulled off, uninjured, by propellor BROOKLYN. 1887, Apr Received new Gatling gun; long pattern. 1887, Aug Only American vessel on the Great Lakes designated by Secretary of the Navy to enlist apprentice boys for the Navy. 1892-93 Reconditioned; 2 new scotch boilers. 1895 Aground Pelee Island, ONT. 1905, Jun 21 Renamed WOLVERINE because new battleship named MICHIGAN was built. 1912, May 6 Decommissioned & turned over to Pennsylvania Naval Militia for reserve training. 1923, Aug 12 Port-side connecting rod fractured on Lake Huron; returned to Erie; Navy vetoed repairs; beached Misery Bay, Erie, PA. 1848 Scrapped.