USS Hope (1861)
US dispatch boat and pilot boat | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Hope |
| Owner |
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| Operator | Captain Marshall, Thomas Morley (1866-1891) |
| Builder | Henry Steers |
| Launched | March 11, 1861 |
| Acquired | 29 November 1861 |
| Commissioned | 14 December 1861 |
| Decommissioned | 6 September 1865 |
| Fate | Wrecked on Sandy Hook Point March 13, 1891 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Schooner |
| Displacement | 134 tons |
| Length | 90 ft 0 in (27.43 m) |
| Beam | 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) |
| Depth | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
| Propulsion | schooner sail |
| Sail plan |
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| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 25 |
| Armament | one 20-pounder gun |
| Notes | Six berths, captain's stateroom, 400 gallon water tank, ice box. |
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USS Hope was a 19th-century wooden yacht schooner, designed and built in 1861 by Henry Steers for Captain Thomas B. Ives of Providence, Rhode Island. She was acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was placed into service as a gunboat assigned to support the fleet blockading the ports of the Confederate States of America. However, at times, Hope was assigned extra tasks, such as that of a dispatch boat, supply runner and salvage ship. She was a pilot boat from 1866 to 1891 and in 1891 she was replaced by the Herman Oelrichs, when the Hope was wrecked ashore the Sandy Hook Point.