USS Vincennes (1826)
19th-century painting (based on a sketch by Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, USN), depicting USS Vincennes in Disappointment Bay, Antarctica, circa January–February 1840. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Vincennes |
| Namesake | Vincennes, Indiana |
| Builder | Brooklyn Navy Yard |
| Laid down | 1825 |
| Launched | 27 April 1826 |
| Commissioned | 27 August 1826 |
| Decommissioned | 28 August 1865 |
| Stricken | 1867 (est.) |
| Fate | Sold, 5 October 1867 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Boston-class sloop-of-war |
| Displacement | 700 long tons (711 t) |
| Length | 127 ft (39 m) p/p |
| Beam | 33 ft 9 in (10.29 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Speed | 18.5 knots (rated) |
| Complement | 80 |
| Armament | 18 guns |
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USS Vincennes was a 703-ton Boston-class sloop of war in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1865. During her service, Vincennes patrolled the Pacific, explored the Antarctic, and blockaded the Confederate Gulf coast in the Civil War. Named for the siege of Fort Vincennes of the American Revolutionary War, she was the first U.S. warship to circumnavigate the globe.