USS ''Neshaminy'' was a large and powerful 3,850-ton
screw frigate
Steam frigates (including screw frigates) and the smaller steam corvettes, steam sloops, steam gunboats and steam schooners, were steam-powered warships that were not meant to stand in the line of battle. There were some exceptions like for exa ...
with a length of 335 feet that was under construction at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard
The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was an important naval shipyard of the United States for almost two centuries.
Philadelphia's original navy yard, begun in 1776 on Front Street and Federal Street in what is now the Pennsport section of the ci ...
when she was surveyed by Navy officials who found her construction work to be poor. Construction was halted by the Navy, which eventually sold her for scrap.
Built in the Philadelphia Navy Yard
''Neshaminy'', a screw
frigate built by the
United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
during 1863–65 and launched 5 October 1865 at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard
The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was an important naval shipyard of the United States for almost two centuries.
Philadelphia's original navy yard, begun in 1776 on Front Street and Federal Street in what is now the Pennsport section of the ci ...
, was a wooden ship of the first rate. She had two horizontal direct-acting engines of forty-eight-inch stroke and eight Martin boilers. Her machinery was built by the
Etna Iron Works of New York.
The steamer was assigned a battery of two 100–pounder
Parrott rifle
The Parrott rifle was a type of muzzle-loading rifled artillery weapon used extensively in the American Civil War.
Parrott rifle
The gun was invented by Captain Robert Parker Parrott, a West Point graduate. He was an American soldier and inven ...
s, one
6–pounder rifle, ten 8-inch smoothbores, and four
howitzers, but the battery was never mounted.
Construction problems
From 1866 through 1868 ''Neshaminy'' was at the
New York Navy Yard for installation of her engines. In 1869 she was laid up in ordinary at that yard. Her name was changed to ''Arizona'' 15 May 1869, and to ''Nevada'' 12 August 1869.
In 1869 she was examined by a board which found her hull so twisted and her construction so poor that it was decided not to finish her. She remained in ordinary at New York City in an incomplete state until June 1874, when she was sold to John Roach for $25,000 (), in partial payment for rebuilding monitor .
See also
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List of steam frigates of the United States Navy
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Bibliography of American Civil War naval history
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United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
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American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...
References
External links
Photo galleryat Naval Historical Center
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Sailing frigates of the United States Navy
Steamships of the United States Navy
Ships built in Philadelphia
Steam frigates
1865 ships