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USS Lexington (II)

Sloop:

Built in 1825 at New York Navy Yard

Launched, date unknown

Commissioned USS Lexington, 11 June 1826, Master Commandant William B. Shubrick in command

Assigned to protect American fishing off Labrador and later to retrieve the body of COMO Oliver H. Perry at Trinidad after he died in August 1819 aboard the schooner Nonsuch

Assigned to the Mediterranean for the next three years

Returned to Norfolk in the fall of 1830

Decommissioned, at Norfolk Navy Yard, 16 November 1830

Recommissioned, 31 May 1831, Master Commandant Silas M. Duncan in command

Assigned to duty with the South Atlantic Squadron until late 1836

Reassigned in 1836 to protect American commerce on the Pacific coast

In 1849 returned to the east coast for conversion to a storeship

Assigned to the Mediterranean in April 1843

Lexington returned home in 1845

Outbreak of war with Mexico in 1846 found Lexington operating along the west coast of North America

During the conflict, Lexington transported troops and assisted in the blockade

Landed a party at San Blas, 12 January 1847, and captured several enemy guns

After the war Lexington remained on the California coast during the territory’s transition to U.S. control and in the earlier months of the gold rush of 1849

Reassigned to the east coast in early 1850

Lexington departed New York, 18 June 1853 to join COMO. Matthew C. Perry’s expedition to Japan

Lexington remained in the Orient until late 1854

Decommissioned, 26 February 1855

Sold in 1860

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 691 t.
Length 127'
Beam 33' 6"
Depth unknown
Draft 16' 6"
Speed unknown
Complement 190

Armament

twenty-four 24-pdrs

Propulsion sail

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
098631301	50k	Painting by Raffael Corsini (c.1828-1880) of the USS Lexington. Inscription "U.S. Ship Lexington Benjamin W. Booth Esq. Commander, passing St. Sais. Castle/Gulf of Smyrna 1828". Christie's, LotFinder: entry 4286799 (sale 9856, lot 392, London, 26 May 2004		Robert Hurst

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

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