The third USS ''Morris'' was a

schooner A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...

in the United States Navy in commission in 1846. She was named for Robert Morris, a Founding Father,

Continental Congressman The Continental Congress was a series of legislative bodies, with some executive function, for thirteen of Britain's colonies in North America, and the newly declared United States just before, during, and after the American Revolutionary War. ...

, and major financier of the American Revolutionary War. ''Morris'' served as a

despatch boat Dispatch boats were small boats, and sometimes large ships, tasked to carry military dispatches from ship to ship or from ship to shore or, in some cases from shore to shore. Dispatch boats were employed when other means of transmitting a message w ...

during the Mexican War, going into service early in 1846. She was wrecked in a hurricane off

Key West Key West ( es, Cayo Hueso) is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key, Fleming Key, Sunset Key, and the northern part of Stock Island, it cons ...

, Florida on 11 October 1846.

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Mexican–American War ships of the United States Age of Sail naval ships of the United States Schooners of the United States Navy Dispatch boats of the United States Navy 1840s ships Shipwrecks of the Florida Keys Maritime incidents in October 1846 {{US-mil-ship-stub