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USS St. Louis (1828)

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121: 127: 32: 691: 101: 452: 722: 500:. The revolutionary leader had emigrated to the United States and announced his intentions of becoming an American citizen. Subsequently, while in Smyrna on business, he had been arrested by Austrian officials. Mediation by the French Consul effected Koszta's release. 361:; and, until 8 September 1831, she cruised the coasts of the Americas to protect the trade and interests of the United States. On that day, she sailed for Cape Horn and the east coast; and arrived off 444:
in March. At Norfolk the ship underwent conversion to lengthen her hull by 13 feet. Departing from Norfolk on 11 August 1848, she sailed to Rio de Janeiro, where she served on the
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serving as a receiving ship at Philadelphia, 1874. She has been housed over to provide accommodations, but she still retains her masts and the stump of her bowsprit
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was being negotiated. She returned to Norfolk in September 1845 after participating in the evacuation of British colonists during the
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returned to New York on 8 May 1855 and sailed again in November to help suppress the slave trade along the western coast of
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spent the remainder of her career at Philadelphia. After being laid up in 1866 and declared unserviceable, she became a
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was ordered to return to Pensacola to stand guard during the turmoil which preceded the outbreak of the
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USS St. Louis by Gunner Moses Lane during her cruise in the Mediterranean from 1852 to 1855
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for imprisoned foreign residents. She had the distinction of being the first American
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On 30 November 1904, while she was engaged in this service, her name was changed to
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and continued this duty until 1894 when she was loaned as a training vessel to the
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to carry the flag into that port. Following operations off the coast of
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then briefly returned to blockade duty before finally sailing to the
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where her commanding officer interceded with the government of
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on 9 August 1906 and sold for scrapping, on 5 June 1907, to
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were her primary bases for such operations. She returned to
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next departed from Norfolk on 24 August 1852 to cruise the
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was recommissioned on 27 February 1843 and soon joined the
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In January 1861, while serving with the Home Squadron off
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American Civil War patrol vessels of the United States
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in search of Confederate commerce raiders. Cadiz and
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early in 1844 while the first commercial treaty with
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She departed 118: 25: 547:in the capture of blockade-running 468:. On 2 July 1853, while she was at 330:on 14 February 1829 and headed for 246:33 ft 9 in (10.29 m) 13: 774:Gunboats of the United States Navy 671:. She was finally struck from the 597:South Atlantic Blockading Squadron 298:through most of the 19th century. 254:15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) 14: 800: 318:On the day of her commissioning, 16:Gunboat of the United States Navy 754:Sloops of the United States Navy 720: 689: 125: 119: 99: 30: 759:Ships built in Washington, D.C. 630:at the end of his march across 610:to participate in the combined 278:20 × 24-pounder smoothbore guns 203:Sold for scrapping, 5 June 1907 618:. Under the command of Comdr. 448:until returning in July 1851. 322:got underway and proceeded to 1: 736:. The entry can be found 715: 338:. Thence, she proceeded, via 496:, release Hungarian refugee 7: 682: 10: 805: 593:Port Royal, South Carolina 476:, her commanding officer, 398:. En route, she put in at 18: 697:American Civil War portal 400:San Francisco, California 270:125 officers and enlisted 207: 113: 98: 624:William Tecumseh Sherman 39:This article includes a 764:Ships of the Union Navy 238:127 ft (39 m) 208:General characteristics 68:more precise citations. 640:Philadelphia Navy Yard 569:Philadelphia Navy Yard 560:, at the mouth of the 458: 363:Sandy Hook, New Jersey 454: 446:South America Station 614:-Navy thrust up the 438:Battle of Kororareka 396:Monterey, California 382:West Indies Squadron 306:Washington Navy Yard 422:East India Squadron 380:, as a unit of the 535:American Civil War 516:Pensacola, Florida 459: 378:Pensacola, Florida 296:United States Navy 41:list of references 679:of Philadelphia. 628:Savannah, Georgia 626:as he approached 562:Mississippi River 324:Norfolk, Virginia 310:Master Commandant 282: 281: 94: 93: 86: 796: 724: 723: 699: 694: 693: 692: 677:Joseph G. Hitner 660:of the State of 620:George H. 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USS St. Louis
Union Navy Jack
St. Louis
Sloop-of-war
long tons
sloop-of-war
United States Navy
Washington Navy Yard
Master Commandant
John D. Sloat
Norfolk, Virginia
Hampton Roads
Havana
Cuba
Rio de Janeiro
Cape Horn
Callao, Peru
Pacific Squadron
Commodore
Jacob Jones
Sandy Hook, New Jersey
New York City

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