USS Plymouth (1867)

Plan of berth deck of USS Plymouth
History
United States
NameUSS Plymouth
Laid down1867
Launched1868
Commissioned20 January 1869, as Kenosha
Decommissioned17 May 1879
RenamedPlymouth, 15 May 1869
FateScrapped, 1884
General characteristics
TypeScrew sloop
Tonnage2400
Length250 ft 6 in (76.35 m)
Beam38 ft (12 m)
Draft16 ft (4.9 m)
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Armament
  • 1 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren gun
  • 10 × 9 in (230 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns
  • 1 × 60-pounder (27 kg) gun
  • 2 × 20-pounder (9 kg) guns

USS Plymouth, a wooden-hulled screw sloop-of-war, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Plymouth's keel was laid down as Kenosha at the New York Navy Yard in 1867; completed in 1868; and commissioned on 20 January 1869 with Captain William H. McComb in command.

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