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NavSource Online: "Old Navy" Ship Photo Archive

USS Vermont

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War4 Medal

South Carolina Class Ship of the Line / Receiving Ship:

One of nine, 74-gun warships authorized by Congress, 29 April 1816

Laid down in September 1818 at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.

Completed circa 1825; and kept on the stocks until finally launched

Launched, 15 September 1848

Vermont remained in ordinary at Boston Navy Yard until commissioned, 30 January 1862, as a stores and receiving ship., CDR. Augustus S. Baldwin in command

Following service at Port Royal, during the Civil War USS Vermont was assigned to the New York Navy Yard, 25 July 1864

Condemned and struck from the Naval Register, 19 December 1901

Sold to the state of New York, fate unknown

Ship of the Line Specifications:
Displacement 2,633 t.
Length 197' 1½"
Beam 53' 6"
Draft 21' 6"
Speed unknown
Complement 820
Armament

Feb 62: 4 8"/63, 20 32-pdr/57.

Apr 63: 10 8"/63, 6 32-pdr/57, 2 32-pdr/42.

Propulsion sail

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	327k	Model of USS Vermont
	231k	Receiving ship USS Vermont moored at New York Navy Yard shortly after the Civil War. Her masts and rigging were later removed, and she was housed over. Photo courtesy Martin Holbrook Collection. US Navy History and Heritage Command. Photo and text from "Warships of The Civil war Navies" by Paul H. Silverstone.	Robert Hurst
094690722	161k	Sketch of USS Vermont during her shakedown cruise. Civil War Sea Battles, Chapter IV, Page 49. by Edward Stokes Miller	Tommy Trampp
	103k	The monitor (converted screw frigate) USS Roanoke at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn New York, probably following her decommissioning in June 1865. In the background is USS Vermont, which was receiving ship at the Navy Yard until 1901. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo	Robert Hurst
	62k	USS Vermont is at left in this photo of USS New Orleans docked at New York Navy Yard in April 1898. *New Orleans* had just completed her maiden voyage from England. Note *New Orleans' extra-long commissioning pennant. US Navy photo # NH 75495* from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
	58k	USS Vermont is in the left distance of this photo of the converted yacht USS Siren. Note *Siren's fancy tasseled awnings. Astern of Siren* is another converted yacht. US Navy photo # NR&L(O) 2196 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
	94k	USS Vermont is visible beyond the bow of USS Topeka off the New York Navy Yard in 1898. US Navy photo # NH 63371 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
	109k	Receiving Ship USS Vermont moored at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y., circa 1898. US Library of Congress image call number LC-D4-21027 [P&P].	Tom Kermen
	138k	Receiving Ship USS Vermont moored at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y., circa 1898 with a group of Chicago area Naval Reservists standing in formation.	US Library of Congress images
Library of Congress photo # 4a14788v	200k		US Library of Congress images
	203k	USS Vermont moored pierside at New York Navy Yard pre-1898 while serving as station Receiving Ship, circa 1898. Photo from "A History of the War of 1898", published by Collier in 1898.	Daniel Wilmes
Library of Congress photo # 4a14789v	137k	Receiving Ship USS Vermont Recruiting Office, circa 1890-1901.	Library of Congress photo #'s 4a14789v and 4a14790 Detroit Photographic Co. collection
Library of Congress photo # 4a14790v	126k
	131k	Receiving Ship USS Vermont recruits waiting for exam	Library of Congress photo # 4a14800v, Detroit Photographic Co. collection
	117k	Apprentice Seaman aboard Receiving Ship USS Vermont circa 1898-1901	Library of Congress photo # 4a14802v, Detroit Photographic Co. collection
Library of Congress photo # 4a14792v	170k	USS Vermont Captain's cabin, Capt. Jefferson Miller.	Library of Congress photo #'s 4a14792a and 4a14795a, Detroit Photographic Co. collection
Library of Congress photo # 4a14795v	175k	USS Vermont Captain's cabin, Capt. Jefferson Miller.
	144k	USS Vermont Wardroom Mess, 1898.	Library of Congress photo # 4a14796a, Detroit Photographic Co. collection
	216k	USS Vermont Crews General Mess, 1898.	Library of Congress photo # 4a14776a, Detroit Photographic Co. collection
Library of Congress photo # 4a14803v	160k	USS Vermont church service, circa 1898	Library of Congress photo #'s 4a14803a and 4a14804a, Detroit Photographic Co. collection
Library of Congress photo # 4a14804v	139k	USS Vermont church service, circa 1898
	145k	USS Vermont inspection before transfer, circa 1898-1901.	Library of Congress photo # 4a14806a, Detroit Photographic Co. collection
010117	2.17k	Snowy day in Brooklyn for *USS Indiana* (BB-1)** and USS Vermont, circa 1900	National Archives Identifier: 179036458 Local Identifier: 19-NN-1-13-9. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov, via Daniel Hacker.