Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: "Old Navy" Ship Photo Archive

USS Alliance (II)

Adams class screw gunboat:

Laid down in 1873 as Huron a gunboat of the third rate, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA.

Launched, 8 March 1875

Renamed Alliance, date unknown

Commissioned USS Alliance, 18 January 1877, CDR. Theodore F. Kane in command

Assigned to the European Squadron, 9 March 1877

Sailed returned to Boston, 8 December 1879, thence to Norfolk, 14 December

USS Alliance received orders in April 1880 to survey duty in the Newfoundland Banks

Returning to Portsmouth, N.H. Navy Yard 29 August 1880

USS Alliance next was assigned duty in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, to protect US commence and citizens

In 1881 following return to Norfolk Navy Yard for outfitting for Arctic duty USS Alliance departed Hampton Roads 9 June proceeding north in search of the missing Arctic exploration steamer SS Jeannette and her party

With winter setting in USS Alliance returned to New York, 11 November 1881, without finding SS Jeannette

Assigned to the North Atlantic Station, USS Alliance departed Boston after voyage repairs, 9 February 1882, detached, 2 July 1886

USS Alliance next sailed to the Mediterranean and East Coast of Africa to investigate transporting of slaves by American flag vessels

Joining the South Atlantic Squadron, 25 July 1887, following her investigation

Detached from the South Atlantic Squadron,18 May 1888

Decommissioned, 20 August 1889, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA.

Recommissioned, 16 January 1890 for service on the Asiatic Station, reporting for duty at Singapore, 5 July 1890

While at Mare Island Navy Yard for voyage repairs, USS Alliance was reassigned to the Pacific, 15 September 1892

Transferred to the South Atlantic Station in March 1894

Decommissioned, 30 June 1894, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA.

Recommissioned, 19 January 1895, commencing operations that spring as an apprentice training ship

Decommissioned, 2 June 1900, at New York Navy Yard

Recommissioned, 22 April 1901 after conversion to a sailing vessel, continuing to serve as a training ship

Reassigned to duty as station ship and store ship at Culebra, Puerto Rico in 1904

Decommissioned at San Juan, Puerto Rico, 7 July 1911

Struck from the Naval Register, 9 August 1911

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 1,375 t.
Length 185'
Beam 35'
Draft 16' 4"
Speed 11kts
Complement 190
Armament

one 11" gun

four 9" guns

one 60-pdr breach-loading rifle

Propulsion Sails/Steam

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
098601405	106k	Photo of a US Navy watercolour painting of the United States Navy gunboatUSS Alliance, circa 1877, unknown artist.	Robert Hurst
098604910	193k	Ships in the harbor at Portsmouth, N.H., 1 August 1884, including those returning from the rescue of LT. A.W. Greely, U.S. Army, and other survivors, of the Greely Relief Expedition. Left to right; USS Tallapoosa, USS Alliance, USS Thetis, USS Bear, and USS Alert. The latter three ships participated in the expedition. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # USN 900699.	Robert Hurst
098601404	177k	Warships rigged for mourning in the Hudson River, New York, seen from Manhattan Island, probably during the funeral of ex-President Ulysses S. Grant in August 1885. Ship at the far right is USS Powhatan. If the event is actually Grant's funeral, the three sloops of war in the center are (from left to right) USS Alliance, USS Swatara and USS Omaha. The Revenue Cutter at left may be USRC U.S. Grant. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 95874, courtesy of Paul H. Silverstone, 1986	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	90k	USS Alliance at anchor off Tompkinsville, N.Y., circa 1890s. Photo by A. Loeffler of Staten Island, N.Y. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 96649.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	84k	USS Alliance at anchor surrounded by boats, date and location unknown. US Library of Congress photo LC-D4-20123	Mike Green
	678k	USS Alliance at anchor, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	Darryl Baker

USS Alliance (II)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Back To The Navsource Photo Archives Main Page

Back To The "Old Navy" Ship Photo Index

Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster.

This page is created and maintained by Gary P. Priolo

Last Updated 19 November 2021