1861: Ships, Stations, and States

Ship

Guns

Notes

Out of Commission (no crews)

Roanoke (steam frigate)

Wabash (steam frigate)

Colorado (steam frigate)

Minnesota (steam frigate)

Pensacola (first-class screw sloop)

Mississippi  (large paddle steamer)

Water Witch (small paddle sloop)

Condemned

Mohawk (small screw gunboat)

Condemned, New York

Crusader (small screw gunboat)

Condemned, New York

Potomac (sail frigate)

Brandywine (sail frigate)

St. Lawrence (sail frigate)

Santee (sail frigate)

Savannah (sail frigate)

Raritan (sail frigate)

Jamestown (sail sloop)

Portsmouth (sail sloop)

Decatur (small sail sloop)

Marion (small sail sloop)

Decatur (small sail sloop)

Preble (small sail sloop)

Dale (sail brig)

Perry (sail brig)

Burned at Norfolk:

Merrimack (frigate)

Germantown (sail sloop)

Plymouth (sail sloop)

Dolphin (sail brig)

In Pacific Ocean:

Niagara (first-class screw sloop)

En route from Japan

Lancaster (first-class screw sloop)

Cruising

Wyoming (second-class screw sloop)

En route to Japan

Narragansett (second-class screw sloop)

Saranac  (large paddle steamer)

Cruising

St. Marys (sail sloop)

Cruising

Cyane (sail sloop)

Cruising

Levant (sail sloop)

Cruising

Cruising off Africa:

San Jacinto  (first-class screw sloop)

Mohican (second-class screw sloop)

Sumter (small screw gunboat)

Mystic (small screw gunboat)

Constellation (sail sloop)

Portsmouth (sail sloop)

Saratoga (sail sloop)

On Lake Erie:

Michigan (small paddle sloop)

At Pensacola:

Brooklyn (first-class screw sloop)

Wyandotte (small screw gunboat)

Sabine (sail frigate)

St. Louis (sail sloop)

In East Indies:

Hartford (first-class screw sloop)

Dakota (second-class screw sloop)

Saginaw (small paddle sloop)

John Adams (sail sloop)

Vandalia (sail sloop)

At Washington:

Pawnee (second-class screw sloop)

Gulf of Mexico:

Cumberland (sail sloop)

Macedonian (sail sloop)

“Cruising off Mexico” – may be in Pacific

In Mediterranean:

Richmond (first-class screw sloop)

Iroquois (second-class screw sloop)

Susquehanna (large paddle steamer)

Off Brazil:

Seminole (second-class screw sloop)

Pulaski (small paddle sloop)

Congress (sail frigate)

Atlantic:

Pocahontas (second-class screw sloop)

En route to New York

Powhatan  (large paddle steamer)

En route to New York

1861

Ships Laid Down:

Ship

Tonnage

Armament
(#=pound, R=rifled, H=howitzer)

Notes

90-day gunboats

Arroostook

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Cayuga

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Chippewa

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Chocura

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Huron

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Itasca

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Kanawha

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Katahdin

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Kennebec

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Kinco

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Marblehead

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Ottawa

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Owasco

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Pembina

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Penobscot

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Pinola

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Sagamore

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Sciota

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Seneca

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Tahoma

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Unadilla

691

1-11”, 1-20#R, 2-24#H

Winona