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Name | USS Meteor |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Launched | 1819 |
Acquired | 4 November 1861 |
Fate | Scuttled as a blockship, 9 January 1862 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Whaler |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
The first USS Meteor retained her commercial name when the United States Navy purchased her for the " Stone Fleet." She was sunk as an obstruction in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, in January 1862.
Meteor, a full‑rigged sailing ship, was built in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1819. From 1822 to 1825, she was one of the ships of the New York-to-Liverpool Red Star Packet Line. In 1830 she became a whaler, her role until 1856. Purchased by the U.S. Navy at Mystic, Connecticut, on 4 November 1861, she was sunk on 9 January 1862 as part of the "Stone Fleet" to help obstruct blockade‑running commerce along the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
History | |
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![]() | |
Name | USS Meteor |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Launched | 1819 |
Acquired | 4 November 1861 |
Fate | Scuttled as a blockship, 9 January 1862 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Whaler |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
The first USS Meteor retained her commercial name when the United States Navy purchased her for the " Stone Fleet." She was sunk as an obstruction in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, in January 1862.
Meteor, a full‑rigged sailing ship, was built in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1819. From 1822 to 1825, she was one of the ships of the New York-to-Liverpool Red Star Packet Line. In 1830 she became a whaler, her role until 1856. Purchased by the U.S. Navy at Mystic, Connecticut, on 4 November 1861, she was sunk on 9 January 1862 as part of the "Stone Fleet" to help obstruct blockade‑running commerce along the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.