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USS Potomac (1822)

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51: 391: 30: 418: 492:...the brig Governor Endicott, of Salem, H. H. Jenks, master, and the ship James Monroe, of New York, J. Porter, master ... sailed to Quallah-Battoo, to rescue Captain Endicott's ship from its captors. 291:, protecting American interests in Latin America from 20 October 1834 to 5 March 1837, and from 12 May 1840 to 31 July 1842. From 8 December 1844 to 4 December 1845, she patrolled in the 575: 513: 428: 450:
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destroyed the town of Kuala Batee in retaliation for the capture there in February of the previous year of the American merchantman
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in August 1819 and launched in March 1822. Fitting out was not completed until 1831, when Captain
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s 282 sailors and Marines who landed, two were killed while 150 natives died, including
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An excursion through the United States and Canada: during the years 1822–23
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served aboard her until 25 December 1861 when he transferred to the
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assumed command as first commanding officer. Although called a
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until her decommissioning on 13 January 1877. She was sold to
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on each of these decks, significantly under-rating her on the
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became the stores ship for the squadron and remained at
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as a receiving ship until 1867, when she was sent to
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Index

USS Potomac

Raritan-class
frigate
First class frigate
frigate
United States Navy
Washington Navy Yard
John Downes
"44"
carronades
spar deck
stern chasers
rating system of the Royal Navy
Pacific Squadron
Cape of Good Hope
first Sumatran Expedition
Friendship
Salem
Mahomet
circumnavigating the world
Brazil Station
West Indies
Port Isabel, Texas
Zachary Taylor
Battle of Palo Alto
siege of Vera Cruz
flagship
Home Squadron
American Civil War

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