List of sloops of war of the United States Navy

This is a list of sloops of war of the United States Navy.

Sailing sloops of war

*, scuttled 3 September 1814 to prevent capture
*, lost after 28–29 September 1854 with approx. 197 aboard
*, captured 14 December 1814
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*, wrecked 15 November 1846, no fatalities
*, wrecked 27 May 1863
*, wrecked 2 November 1842, 3 killed
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*, lost in July or August 1815 with 134 aboard
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*, burned to prevent capture November 1777
*, captured 20 April 1814
*, wrecked 27 May 1863
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*, scuttled 20 April 1861
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*, foundered 8 August 1813, 42 killed
*, captured 27 April 1777
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*, foundered with the loss of all hands 10 September 1829
*, wrecked 24 April 1778
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*, lost with all hands after 18 September 1860
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* USS Ohio (1812), captured 12 August 1814
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*, wrecked 17–19 July 1841, no fatalities
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*, burned and exploded 27 April 1863
*, captured 1814
*, destroyed to prevent capture 14 August 1779
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*, foundered 8 August 1813, 42 killed
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*, captured October 1813
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*, captured 15 October 1812
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*, lost with all hands October 1814
*, wrecked 6 September 1850, no fatalities

Steam sloops of war

''Marion'' class

*

''Saranac'' class

*, wrecked 18 June 1875, no fatalities

''Wyoming'' class

*
*

''Dacotah'' class

*

''Seminole'' class

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''Saginaw'' class

*, wrecked 29 October 1870 at Kure Atoll, 4 later killed while sailing for help

''Pocahontas'' class

*

''Hartford'' class

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''Mohican'' class

*, wrecked 2 February 1894, no fatalities
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*, sunk in collision 24 January 1870, 125 killed
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''Contoocook'' class

* renamed USS ''Albany''
* USS ''Manitou'' (1866) renamed USS ''Worcester''
* USS ''Mosholu (1867)'' renamed USS ''Severn''
*USS ''Pushmataha'' renamed USS ''Cambridge'' and
* (not launched)

''Java'' class

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''Ossipee'' class

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*, wrecked 23 August 1862, no fatalities
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*, sunk by submarine 17 February 1864, 5 killed

''Sacramento'' class

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*, wrecked 19 June 1867, no fatalities
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''Ticonderoga'' class

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''Alaska'' class

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* formerly USS ''Algoma''
* formerly USS ''Kenosha''
* formerly USS ''Astoria''

''Swatara'' class

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* (1867)

''Galena'' class

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''Vandalia'' class

*, wrecked 16 March 1889, 43 killed
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''Adams'' class

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* (As rebuilt 1879)
*, later classified as IX-10

''Alert'' class

* (1875), later classified as AS-4
*, wrecked 24 November 1877, 98 killed
* USS ''Ranger'' (1876), later classified as PG-23, IX-18

References

*Chapelle, Howard Irving. ''The History of the American Sailing Navy; The Ships and Their Development.'' New York: Norton, 1949.
*Canney, Donald L. ''The Old Steam Navy.'' Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press, 1990.

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