The second USS Portsmouth was a wooden sloop-of-war in the United States Navy in service during the mid-to-late 19th century. She was designed by Josiah...
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USS Portsmouth may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Portsmouth (1798), was a 24-gun ship in service from 1798 to 1801 USS Portsmouth (1843)...
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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)...
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in the summer of 1841 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 26 July 1842 and commissioned on 4 January 1843 with Commander Josiah Tattnall...
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Portsmouth is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States. It lies across the Elizabeth River from Norfolk. As of the 2020 census, the...
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USS Marion was a sloop-of-war of the third rate in the Union Navy during the American Civil War launched at the Boston Navy Yard on 24 April 1839. On...
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Cooper, James (1843). Ned Myers, Or, A Life Before the Mast. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Lea and Blanchard. pp. 172. Sharp, John G.M., The USS Delaware in...
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USS Perry was a brig commissioned by the United States Navy prior to the American Civil War. She was tasked by the Navy for various missions, including...
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The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy shipyard on Seavey's Island in Kittery, Maine, bordering...
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1792. The keel of Rattler was laid in April 1842 and launched on 13 April 1843 at Sheerness Dockyard. The length of her gundeck was 176 ft 6 in (53.80 m)...
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N.Y., yacht purchased 1843, wrecked on Caicos Reef, West Indies, on June 21, 1848. USS Somers: USS Cyane: USS Portsmouth: USS Marion, 1838: 3rd Class...
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the sailing frigate USS Macedonian, then on the sloop-of-war USS Decatur. He next had duty on the Great Lakes aboard the steamer USS Michigan from 1845...
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Independence-class USS Independence (1814–1912, razeed 1836) USS Washington (1814–1843) USS Franklin (1815–1852) USS Columbus (1819–1861) Chippewa-class USS Chippewa...
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Isaac Hull (category Commanders of the USS Constitution)
1773 – February 13, 1843) was a Commodore in the United States Navy. He commanded several famous U.S. naval warships including USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides")...
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USS Washington was a ship of the line of the United States Navy. The ship, named for Founding Father and first president of the United States, George...
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USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned...
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the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, in 1841; launched in late 1842; and commissioned at Norfolk, Virginia, in early 1843, Lt. W. W. Hunter in command...
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Enoch Greenleafe Parrott (category People from Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
Civil War, later rising to the rank of rear admiral. Parrott was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on December 10, 1814. He entered the United States Navy...
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The first USS Levant was a second-class sloop-of-war in the United States Navy. Levant was launched on 28 December 1837 by New York Navy Yard; and commissioned...
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Center Portsmouth (NMCP), formerly Naval Hospital Portsmouth, and originally Norfolk Naval Hospital, is a United States Navy medical center in Portsmouth, Virginia...
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born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, January 11, 1813. He was the youngest son of Tunis Craven, a Naval Storekeeper, stationed at the Portsmouth Yard, and...
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James Hillyar (category People from Portsea, Portsmouth)
Admiral Sir James Hillyar KCB KCH (29 October 1769 – 10 July 1843) was a prominent British Royal Navy officer of the early nineteenth century, who is best...
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on 2 Oct.: 33 Dale arrived in Guaymas on 8 November 1847 relieving USS Portsmouth from guarding the port. Commander Selfridge, under cover fire from Dale...
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USS Pennsylvania was a three-decked ship of the line of the United States Navy, rated at 130 guns, and named for the state of Pennsylvania. She was the...
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Last surviving Union sailor. Served on the USS Portsmouth and USS Brooklyn. James Frederick Lyon (1843–1946) – Union Army. Last commissioned Union officer...
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Australia Sir Charles Frederick Hotham (1843–1925), British Royal Navy Admiral who was Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth Henry Hotham (1777–1833), British naval...
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USS Preble was a United States Navy sloop-of-war with 16 guns, built by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, launched June 13, 1839 and commissioned...
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John McGowan (naval officer) (category 1843 births)
John McGowan (1843–1915) was an officer in the Union Navy during the Civil War and afterwards in the United States Navy. John McGowan was born in Port...
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circuit. Foote was promoted to Commander in 1856, and took command of USS Portsmouth in the East India Squadron. With this command, Foote was assigned the...
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USS Decatur was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the mid-19th century. She was commissioned to protect American interests in the South...
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