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or to defend the ship from pro-Southern attackers, if it proved impossible to work her free. However, on the following day, when Hunter attempted to hire a tug to carry out this order, he learned that the city's mayor and board of police had issued an order forbidding the use of any steamers in
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Annapolis on 3 May to be in position to help to protect that city which had become the principal port of debarkation for troops sent from the North to defend Washington. There she took over the defensive role formerly assigned
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out of the harbor of
Baltimore . . . if it can be done, employ a tug to tow her to Annapolis. If you cannot procure a tug for this purpose, you will transfer the recruits by any practical means to Annapolis, with orders to report to
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was charged with showing the
American flag and affording protection to American citizens during this time of unrest. However, repeated problems with her engines caused her to head home in June 1849; and she reached the
664:. . . nothing would more certainly increase that excitement to an uncontrollable pitch than any movement about the harbor and in the adjacent waters at this moment of a steamboat in the service of the United States.
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sometime in 1844 prior to 11 November by Joseph
Tomlinson and Company; built under the supervision of Lt. Hunter, launched on 22 February 1847; and commissioned the same day, Lt. Hunter in command.
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Annapolis protecting the port and acting as the receiving ship at that port. Late in the year, after conditions in Maryland had stabilized,
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Baltimore where she resumed her duty as receiving ship. After continuing this service through the end of the Civil War, she was moved to Norfolk, Virginia in 1868.
578:, Federal naval authorities there abandoned, scuttled, or burned all but three of these desperately needed vessels as they put the torch to the yard and fled. The former
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Northern coastal cities for seamen to reactivate and to man them so that they might be moved out of immediate danger of falling into Confederate hands.
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to secede from the Union and pushing
Maryland dangerously close to withdrawing. These developments left both Washington, D.C., the Federal capital, and
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where she took up this new role. She was still there and, surprisingly, again under the command of her designer, William W. Hunter – now a
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where she would be moored under the protection of
Federal guns. Once this had been accomplished, Hunter was to send the tug to
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as it was moving between railroad stations on its journey to
Washington to defend the Federal capital, thereafter known as the
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was somewhat different from other gunboats of the time as she was propelled by two eight-bladed horizontal wheels invented by
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from the throne of France had triggered a series of revolutions which shook Europe for the remainder of the decade, and
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towed to Annapolis in compliance with his orders, but rough water and a useless rudder frustrated his plans. Instead,
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Hunter obtained the men; but, when he attempted to send them to Norfolk the following day, the
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historian, "Old Ironsides", as the veteran man-of-war was affectionately called,
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refused to embark them. This same day, 19 April, a violently pro-Southern mob in
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ship to be so named – was a large (989 long tons (1,005 t)) iron-hulled
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in varying stages of disrepair. Wishing to withdraw these
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The naval steamer soon departed Pittsburgh and arrived at
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American Civil War auxiliary ships of the United States
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827:Mexican–American War ships of the United States
379:arrived with orders sending the steamer to the
615:and deliver them to the commanding officer of
320:was rebuilt as a conventional screw steamer.
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778:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
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705:On 1 May, Ridgely attempted to have
701:Allegheny escapes, reaches Annapolis
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842:Gunboats of the United States Navy
624:That venerable and revered former
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591:Saving Allegheny from destruction
454:and – instead of helping to open
16:Gunboat of the United States Navy
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570:Scuttling Union ships at Norfolk
487:answered the Southern attack on
408:Design problems delay operations
324:Launched in Pennsylvania in 1847
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391:Earlier that year, the fall of
752:Post-war deactivation and sale
732:which had recently sailed for
552:Baltimore Steam Packet Company
510:Union ships trapped at Norfolk
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232:(5.6 mph; 9.1 km/h)
171:989 long tons (1,005 t)
740:Service as a receiving ship
283:that served as an American
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560:6th Massachusetts Regiment
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822:Ships built in Pittsburgh
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354:South Atlantic operations
240:190 officers and enlisted
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628:was then serving on the
333:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
86:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
76:Stackhouse and Tomlinson
832:Ships of the Union Navy
807:Confederate States Navy
465:; and she was taken to
203:19 ft (5.8 m)
179:185 ft (56 m)
153:General characteristics
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402:Washington Navy Yard
639:. According to the
609:Annapolis, Maryland
556:Baltimore, Maryland
529:Thus, on 18 April,
467:Baltimore, Maryland
387:European operations
253:6 × 32-pounder guns
250:4 × 68-pounder guns
139:Baltimore, Maryland
674:United States Navy
418:Mississippi passes
340:Memphis, Tennessee
289:American Civil War
277:United States Navy
576:Norfolk Navy Yard
516:Norfolk Navy Yard
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477:Civil War service
381:Mediterranean Sea
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331:was laid down at
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168:Displacement
100:Commissioned
68:October 1843
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678:Confederacy
489:Fort Sumter
344:New Orleans
263:Iron-hulled
130:1868 (est.)
111:1868 (est.)
852:1847 ships
816:Categories
802:Union Navy
713:moored at
637:schoolship
634:midshipmen
599:to assist
520:men-of-war
452:sea trials
311:Lieutenant
297:Union Navy
291:occurred,
237:Complement
208:Propulsion
746:Allegheny
725:Allegheny
711:Allegheny
707:Allegheny
689:Allegheny
682:Allegheny
670:Louisiana
601:Allegheny
482:President
471:commander
445:Commodore
433:Allegheny
431:In 1851,
414:fortnight
397:Allegheny
376:St. Louis
362:departed
360:Allegheny
329:Allegheny
318:Allegheny
307:Allegheny
293:Allegheny
272:Allegheny
228:4.9
81:Laid down
59:Allegheny
791:See also
720:Delaware
500:Virginia
245:Armament
135:Homeport
127:Stricken
92:Launched
84:1844 at
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626:frigate
597:tugboat
285:gunboat
281:steamer
162:Steamer
73:Builder
65:Ordered
35:History
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176:Length
694:Capt.
632:as a
456:Japan
260:Armor
225:Speed
192:Draft
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