Vessels of War List

United State Official Register 1861

Navy

Frigates

NAME

GUNS   

TONS  

   

BUILT

   

YEAR    

SITUATION

   

WHERE

Constitution 50 1,607 Charlestown 1797 In commission    Newport, R. I.
Potomac 50 1,726 Washington 1821          do Atlantic Block'g Squadron
Brandywine 50 1,726          do 1825          do New York
Congress 50 1,867 Kittery 1841          do Atlantic Block'g Squadron
St. Lawrence 50 1,726 Gosport* 1847 In ordinary                 do
Santee 50 1,726 Kittery 1855          do Gulf Blockading Squadron
Sabine 50 1,726 Brooklyn 1855 In commission Atlantic Block'g Squadron

* Gosport was the original name of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard