USS Pensacola

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USS Pensacola was a United States Navy screw steamer and later protected cruiser that served prominently during the American Civil War and in subsequent 19th-century naval operations.

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instanceOf Civil War naval vessel
United States Navy warship
steam screw frigate
armament broadside battery of naval guns
category 19th-century steam frigates of the United States
American Civil War naval ships of the Union
Ships built at Pensacola Navy Yard
commissioned December 16, 1859
conflict American Civil War
constructionSite Pensacola Navy Yard NERFINISHED
country United States of America
crewComplement hundreds of officers and enlisted men
decommissioned 1892
fate eventually sold for scrap
used as receiving ship after active service
flag Ensign of the United States Navy
hullNumber none (pre-hull-number era)
laidDown 1858
launched August 1859
legacy namesake for later USS Pensacola (CA-24)
material wooden hull
namedAfter Pensacola, Florida NERFINISHED
navalTechnology transition era from sail to steam
notableCommander David Glasgow Farragut NERFINISHED
notableFor long 19th-century service life
participation in Farragut’s New Orleans campaign
operator United States Navy
participatedIn Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip NERFINISHED
Union blockade of the Confederacy NERFINISHED
capture of New Orleans (1862) NERFINISHED
postwarUse receiving ship at a navy yard
station ship
propulsion sail
steam engine
registration U.S. Navy vessel without modern hull classification symbol
rigging full-rigged sailing ship
role flagship in some operations under Farragut
serviceBranch Union Navy during the American Civil War NERFINISHED
serviceEntryEra American Civil War era
servicePeriod American Civil War NERFINISHED
post–Civil War 19th century
shipType screw steamer
steam frigate
status scrapped
theaterOfOperations Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED
Mississippi River NERFINISHED
Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
West Indies NERFINISHED

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Francis Asbury Roe shipCommanded USS Pensacola