List of steam frigates of the United States Navy

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This is a list of steam frigates used or previously used by the United States Navy.

Name	Type	Class	Authorized	Dates of Service	Fate
Mississippi [1]	2nd class[2]	Mississippi-class [1]	3 March 1839 [1]	1841 – 1863 [1]	Sunk in action at Port Hudson, 64 killed
Missouri [1]	2nd class[2]	Mississippi-class [1]	3 March 1839 [1]	1842 – 1843 [1]	Lost to fire [1]
Susquehanna [3]	2nd class[2]	Susquehanna-class	3 March 1847 [1]	1850 – 1883 [1]	Sold [1]
Powhatan [3]	2nd class[2]	Susquehanna-class	3 March 1847 [1]	1852 – 1887 [1]	Sold [1]
Franklin [1]	1st class[4]	Franklin-class [1]	1 September 1851 [1]	1867 – 1916 [1]	Sold [1]
Merrimack [5]	1st class[6]	Merrimack-class [7]	6 April 1854 [3]	1856 – 1861 [5]	Sunk to avoid capture [5]
Wabash [5]	1st class[6]	Merrimack-class [7]	6 April 1854 [8]	1856 – 1912 [5]	Sold [5]
Roanoke [5]	1st class[6]	Merrimack-class [7]	6 April 1854 [8]	1857 – 1883 [5]	Sold [5]
Colorado [5]	1st class[6]	Merrimack-class [7]	6 April 1854 [8]	1858 – 1885 [5]	Sold [5]
Minnesota [5]	1st class[6]	Merrimack-class [7]	6 April 1854 [8]	1857 – 1901 [5]	Scrapped [5]
Niagara [5]	1st class[6]	Niagara-class [3]	6 April 1854 [8]	1857 – 1885 [5]	Sold [5]
Florida[5]	2nd class[9]	Florida-class [10]		1867 – 1885 [5]	Sold [5]
Tennessee [5]	2nd class[9]	Florida-class [1][10]		– 1888 [5]	Sold [5]
Iowa[5]	2nd class[9]	Florida-class [1][10]
Nevada[5]	2nd class[9]	Florida-class [1][10]		None [5]	Canceled [5]
Connecticut [5]	2nd class[9]	Florida-class [1][10]
Bonhomme Richard [5]	2nd class[9]	Florida-class [1][10]		None [5]	Canceled [5]
Chattanooga [5]		Chattanooga-class
Pennsylvania [5]	2nd class[2]	Guerriere-class [11]
Delaware [5]	2nd class[2]	Guerriere-class [11]
California [5]	2nd class[2]	Guerriere-class [11]
Illinois [5]	2nd class[2]	Guerriere-class [11]
Antietam [5]	2nd class[2]	Guerriere-class [11]
New York [5]	2nd class[2]	Guerriere-class [11]
Java [5]	2nd class[2]	Guerriere-class [11]
Hassalo [5]		Hassalo-class [11]
Watauga [5]		Hassalo-class [11]
Trenton [5]				1877 – 1891	Lost to the Apia cyclone, 1 killed[5]

References

1. Bauer, Karl Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.
2. A Naval Encyclopædia: Comprising A Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases; Biographical Notices, and Records of Naval Officers; Special Articles of Naval Art and Science. L. R. Hamersly & co. 1881.
3. Canney, Donald L. (1998). Lincoln's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization, 1861-65. US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-519-4.
4. Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the United States, including Officers of the Marine Corps, and other, for the Year 1870.
5.  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
6. Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the United States, including Officers of the Marine Corps, and other, for the Year 1859.
7. Park, Carl D. (2007). Ironclad Down: USS Merrimack-CSS Virginia from Design to Destruction. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-659-9.
8. "The Old Steam Navy". GlobalSecurity. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
9. Hamersly, Lewis Randolph (1894). The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. L. R. Hamersly & co.
10. "Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal". Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal. 1874 (1). London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers.
11. Bennett, Frank Marion (1896). The steam navy of the United States. NWarren & Co.