USS Adams (1799) (1874)

In the previous entry, I mentioned that the frigate USS Adams was the first ship built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. This ship had an interesting history as two US warships.

The first one had 28 guns and served in the Quasi-War, Barbary War and War of 1812. In the last war, it was scuttled and burned to prevent capture by the British. The hull was left there until a new naval building program in the 1870s. It was discovered the hull (made of 32-inch thick oak) was still solid. The ship was raised and rebuilt, keeping the same name.

Only this time it mounted five guns and was a single screw, wooden-hulled steamer. It served in the Atlantic, Pacific, Alaska and Hawaii. It was decommissioned and used for militia training until World War I, when it was recommissioned and served as a station ship on the Delaware River. Decommissioned after the war, it was sold in 1920 and broken up in 1921 or 1922..

So, There Were Two USS Adams, Not To Be Confused With the USS John Adams Like the Original Article. --Dacoot