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USS Dolphin (III)
Brig:
Laid down, date unknown, at New York Navy Yard
Launched, 17 June 1836
Commissioned USS Dolphin, 6 September 1836, LT. W. E. McKenne in command
Dolphin joined the Brazil Squadron, 17 April 1839
Decommissioned, 25 May 1839, at New York
Recommissioned later in 1839, Dolphin cruised two times off the coast of Africa to suppress the slave trade, 18 December 1839 to 14 July 1840 and 5 November 1840 to 25 May 1841
Reassigned to the Home Squadron, 7 September 1841, to cruise the Atlantic coast and West Indies
Laid up at Norfolk in October 1843
Recommissioned, 13 November 1845, rejoining the African Squadron, returning to New York, 5 November 1847
Underway, 6 May 1848, to join the East India Squadron to protect American citizens in Asiatic waters returning to New York, 24 June 1851
Recommissioned, 10 September 1852, to test and perfect discoveries made by LT. M. F. Maury in his investigation of the winds and currents of the ocean
Placed in ordinary at New York in 1854
Recommissioned at Norfolk, 23 April 1855, for duty with the African Squadron
Decommissioned, 27 July 1857
Recommissioned, to intercept slave ships in the West Indies from June to September 1858
Captured the slaver Echo, 21 August 1858, with 318 Africans on board and sending her into Charleston, S.C.
Dolphin sailed from Boston, 16 October 1858, for duty on the Brazil Station, taking part in the expedition to Paraguay to obtain redress for the unprovoked firing upon the American ship Water Witch and to settle diplomatic difficulties
Dolphin returned to Norfolk, 22 December 1860
Laid up at Gosport Navy Yard
Burned there, 21 April 1861, by Union forces to prevent her falling into Confederate hands
Specifications:
Displacement 224 t.
Length 88'
Beam 25'
Depth unknown
Draft 13'
Speed unknown
Complement 60
Armament
two 9-pdrs
eight 24-pdr carronades
Propulsion sail
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USS Dolphin (III)
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