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Laid down | June 1819 |
Launched | 23 April 1864 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard |
Commissioned | 13 May 1864 |
Out of service | 23 May 1921 |
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General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 2633 |
Length | 203.7 ft (62.1 m) |
Beam | 51.3 ft (15.6 m) |
Draft | 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Complement | 820 officers and men |
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The New Hampshire | |
Nearest city | Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts |
Coordinates | 42°34′14″N 70°44′44″W / 42.57056°N 70.74556°W |
Built | 1819 |
Architect | William Doughty |
NRHP reference No. | 76000261[1] |
Added to NRHP | 29 October 1976 |
USS New Hampshire was a 2,633-ton ship originally designed to be the 74-gun ship of the line Alabama, but after being laid down in June 1819, she remained on the stocks for nearly 40 years, well into the age of steam. Renamed as New Hampshire, she was launched as a storeship and depot ship for use during the American Civil War. She was later renamed as Granite State. The ship burned and sank in the Hudson River in May 1921, and after being refloated, again caught fire and sank under tow near Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, in July 1922.