USS Kearsarge

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Union Navy warship screw sloop-of-war

USS Kearsarge was a Union Navy sloop-of-war best known for sinking the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama off Cherbourg, France, during the American Civil War.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
USS Kearsarge (BB-5)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Union Navy warship ⓘ screw sloop-of-war ⓘ
allegiance	Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
armament	naval guns ⓘ
battle	Battle of Cherbourg NERFINISHED ⓘ
builder	Portsmouth Navy Yard NERFINISHED ⓘ
class	Kearsarge-class sloop-of-war NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandStructure	North Atlantic Blockading Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissioned	1862 ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crewComplement	approximately 150 officers and men ⓘ
dateOfWreck	1894 ⓘ
depictedIn	numerous paintings and engravings ⓘ
engagedShip	CSS Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	19th century warship ⓘ
fate	wrecked ⓘ
flag	United States flag ⓘ
hasArmor	chain armor along hull ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	symbol of Union naval power ⓘ
hasSailPlan	barque-rigged ⓘ
hasSuccessorName	USS Kearsarge (BB-5) NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Kearsarge (CV-33) NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hullMaterial	wooden hull ⓘ
laidDown	1861 ⓘ
launched	1861 ⓘ
locationOfEvent	off Cherbourg, France ⓘ
namedAfter	Mount Kearsarge NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander	Captain John A. Winslow NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	sinking CSS Alabama ⓘ
operator	United States Navy ⓘ
participatedIn	Union blockade operations ⓘ
placeBuilt	Kittery, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfWreck	off Roncador Bank, Caribbean Sea ⓘ
propulsion	steam screw ⓘ
resultOfEngagementWith CSS Alabama	CSS Alabama sunk ⓘ
role	blockade duty ⓘ commerce raider hunter ⓘ
serviceBranch	Union Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
shipType	sloop-of-war ⓘ
status	scrapped after wreck ⓘ
subjectOf	naval histories of the American Civil War ⓘ
theater	Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ European waters ⓘ
victory	defeat of CSS Alabama ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Raphael Semmes → opponentInBattleOfCherbourg → USS Kearsarge ⓘ

Mercury-Atlas 9 → spacecraftRecoveryBy → USS Kearsarge ⓘ

Union Navy → notableShip → USS Kearsarge ⓘ

New York Naval Shipyard → builtShip → USS Kearsarge ⓘ

this entity surface form: USS Kearsarge (BB-5)