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USS Severn (I)

Contoocook Class Screw Sloop-of-War
  • Laid down in October 1864 as the wooden screw sloop of war Mosholu at New York Navy Yard
  • Launched, 22 December 1867
  • Renamed Severn, 15 May 1869
  • Commissioned, USS Severn, 27 August 1869, CDR. Reigart B. Lowry in command
  • Upon completion in December 1869, USS Severn served as the flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron under RADM. Charles H. Poor
  • In January 1871 Severn called at Key West, FL., before setting out to cruise among West Indies ports into the following year
  • In April, she investigated the alleged mistreatment of the United States consul at Santiago de Cuba, subsequently returning to Hampton Roads, VA., at the end of July
  • Departing Hampton Roads for Key West in December, Severn returned north to Boston Navy Yard and was decommissioned there, 31 December 1871
  • Following repairs, Severn was transferred to New London, Conn., in 1875
  • Returning to New York in 1877, Severn was sold, 2 March 1877, to John Roach as part of his compensation for repairs made to monitor USS Puritan and then broken up
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,003 t.
    Length 261'10" (gun deck)
    Beam 41'11"
    Depth of Hull 13'3"
    Draft 9'8"
    Speed 13 kts
    Complement 250
    Armament
    eight 9" guns
    one 60-pdr
    Propulsion
    two horizontal back-action sufrace condenser steam engines, cylinder diameter 60', stroke 36"
    six Boilers; 4 main; 2 superheateing; seven furnaces in each of former and one in each of latter
    twin screws
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    Namesake
    Severn - is a tidal estuary river 14 miles long, located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
    Photo - U.S. Naval Academy Bridge crossing the Severn River in Annapolis, MD., by David Podgor, 3 August 2007 Ravens326 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
    Map - Maryland Department of Natural Resources Severn River Restoration Project    		 Tommy Trampp
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    098691202    		 114k Illustration of USS Severn. (labelled USS Mosholu) - This ship was completed as originally designed without a spar deck, she was renamed Severn in 1869. She served on the North Atlantic Station from August 1869 to December 1871.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command Catalog # 44959, from the New York Naval Shipyard Collection.    		 John Spivey
    USS Severn (I)
    Dictionary of American Navy Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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