Introduction, Official Records, 1861 Vessels of War List United State Official Register 1861 Navy Side-wheel Sloops, 1st class. NAME | GUNS | TONS | BUILT | YEAR | SITUATION | WHERE | | Mississippi | 11 | 1,692 | Philadelphia | 1841 | In commission | Gulf Blockading Squadron | | Susquehanna | 15 | 2,450 | do | 1850 | do | Atlantic Block'g Squadron | | Powhatan | 11 | 2,415 | Gosport* | 1850 | do | Gulf Blockading Squadron | | Saranac | 9 | 1,446 | Kittery | 1848 | do | Pacific Squadron |
* Gosport was the original name of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard |