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NavSource Online: "Old Navy" Ship Photo Archive

USS Lancaster (I)

1913 International Radio Call Sign:
Nan - Item - Xray
NIX

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal - Spanish Campaign Medal

Hartford-class Screw Sloop-of-War:

Laid down in December 1857, at Philadelphia Navy Yard

Launched, 20 October 1858

Commissioned USS Lancaster, 12 May 1859, CAPT. John Rudd, in command

Assigned to the Pacific Squadron until 1866

Decommissioned, 19 March 1867, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA.

Recommissioned, 26 August 1869, to serve as flagship for the South Atlantic squadron

Decommissioned, 31 July 1875, at Portsmouth, N.H.

Recommissioned, 26 August 1881, to serve as flagship for the European squadron

Reassigned as flagship for the South Atlantic squadron in 1885

Reassigned as flagship for the European squadron in 1888

Decommissioned, 7 September 1889 at New York Navy Yard and was towed to Portsmouth, N.H. for repairs

Recommissioned, 19 March 1891 to serve as flagship for the Asiatic squadron

Decommissioned, 30 June 1894, at New York Navy Yard

Recommissioned, 12 September 1895, for assignment to the South Atlantic squadron

Decommissioned, 31 December 1897, at Boston Navy Yard

Recommissioned, 5 May 1898, to serve as station ship at Key West during the Spanish American War

Reassigned, 3 September 1898 as gunnery training ship at Portsmouth, N.H.

Decommissioned, 1 May 1902, at Philadelphia Navy Yard

Lancaster served as receiving ship at the Philadelphia Navy Yard from 16 November 1903 to 31 March 1912

Transferred to the Bureau of Public Health Service, Treasury Department, 1 February 1913

Struck from the Naval Register, 31 December 1915

Ex-USS Lancaster served as quarantine detention ship at Reedy Island, DE. Quarantine Station from 1916 to 1920.

New York Quarantine Station from 1920 to 1929

Final Disposition, sold in 1929, broken up in 1933.

Specifications:
Displacement 2,362 t. 3,250 t.(fl)
Length 235' 8"
Beam 46'
Draft 18' 6"
Speed 10 kts.
Complement 367
Armament
As Built
two 11" smoothbores
two 9" smoothbores
May 1863
four 9" smoothbores
two 30-pdr smoothbores added
1878
two 100-pdr muzzle loading rifles
sixteen 9" smoothbores

Propulsion
As Built
two direct-acting double piston-rod engines (61" x 2'9") IHP 1,000 = 10kts
1865
two compound engines
two boilers
single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
098602035	155k	Rigging and spar plan for USS Lancaster created 1840 – 1923. Unknown author or not provided. Department of the Navy. First Naval District. Portsmouth Navy Yard. Office of the Commandant. 1903-9/1947. US National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 7384879	Robert Hurst
	119k	Captain Henry K. Hoff was the commanding officer of the steam-sloop USS Lancaster from 1861 to 1862 while assigned to the Pacific Squadron. Promoted to Rear Admiral April 13th, 1867 he commanded the North Atlantic Squadron from 1868 to 1869. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.	Bill Gonyo
	324k	The Pacific Squadron flagship USS Lancaster at anchor, dressed in flags, 1866. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 60253	Robert Hurst
	297k	Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Charles S. Coy was appointed Acting Master’s Mate, 5 October 1861, and was temporarily assigned to USRS North Carolina until 31 October 1861 where he was reassigned to USS Lancaster. Coy served aboard *Lancaster* until 26 January 1864. During his service aboard *Lancaster* he was promoted to Acting Ensign, 16 January 1863, followed by promotion to Acting Master on 27 January 1864. Reassigned to USS Saginaw from February 1864 until 3 April 1866. During his tenure aboard *Saginaw* he was promoted to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant on 12 June 1865. When he was detached from *Saginaw* he was ordered to return to the United States. Upon his arrival, 12 June 1866, he was granted four months leave of absence prior to his honorable discharge on 12 October 1866. The portrait was taken in Peru in 1864 during a port of call while *Saginaw* while was assigned to the Pacific Squadron protecting the interests of the U.S. endangered by Confederate activity and by European interference in Mexico.	Bill Gonyo
	64k	The Pacific Squadron flagship USS Lancaster at anchor in 1866, location unknown. US Library of Congress photo # LC-USZ62-28972	Mike Green
098602034	125k	USS Lancaster ready for re-launching at Portsmouth Navy Yard, N.H. in 1881 during her reconstruction. Note the large ram which was fitted to her bow during this rebuilding. Also note the bilge keels, which were probably among the first fitted to a U.S. Navy warship. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 74287, Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington DC, 1971	Robert Hurst
	432k	USS Lancaster crew eating on deck, circa 1883. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo# NH 377. Courtesy: Rear Admiral George C. Remey Collection.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	543k	USS Lancaster crew, circa 1883. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo# NH 376. Courtesy: Rear Admiral George C. Remey Collection.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	203k	Black and white photo of USS Lancaster oil painting, circa 1883. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo# NH 57992. Courtesy of Mrs. H.C. Allen, from the collection of Admiral C.T. Hutchins, 1940.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	290k	Sterographic photo of USS Lancaster crew 1883. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo# NH 381. Courtesy of Rear Admiral George C. Remey collection.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	239k	Sterographic photo of USS Lancaster officers 1883. CDR. George C. Remey in center. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo# NH 378. Courtesy of Rear Admiral George C. Remey collection.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
098602029	199k	Naval officers Ensign J. A. Jackson; Captain Edward E. Potter, Commanding Officer, (Lancaster), Admiral Charles H. Baldwin, Commanding European Station; Lieutenant Commander George A. Converse; Lieutenant Allen G. Paul, Flag Lieutenant. On board USS Lancaster at Southampton in 1883. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 96361. Courtesy of Naval Historical Foundation	Robert Hurst
	210k	View of the deck of USS Lancaster looking aft from amidships, while at Nice, France, in 1884. Note marines paraded at right, hatch railings, and large compass platform over the helm. Catalog #: NH 94303 US Naval History and Heritage Command photo# NH 04303. Description: Courtesy of The U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, PA. Collection of R.W. Hackenburg RG100s.32.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	48k	USS Lancaster was the last Old Navy warship on the effective list and in commission during the Spanish-American War. Photo circa late 1890s or early 1900s. Notice search lights.	Darryl Baker
	477k	USS Lancaster under way, circa 1889, location unknown. Photo from the US Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division photo digital ID det.4a04861.	Robert Hurst
098602032	183k	USS Lancaster at Villefranche, France in 1889. Other ships include: *Admiral Duperre* (French), *Colbert* (French), *Crident* (Russian cruiser), *Admiral Baudin* (French), and *Faucon* (French). U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 46886	Robert Hurst
098602030	190k	USS Lancaster Steerage mess, while flagship of Asiatic Station, 1891-93. Standing, L to R: Guy Steele, Chief Pay Clerk; Horace G. McFarland, Naval Cadet; E. T. Bullock, Naval Cadet; Henry H. Hough, Naval Cadet; William B. Franklin, Ensign; Eli K. Cole, USMC, 2nd Lieutenant; Adelbert Althouse, Naval Cadet. Sitting L to R: H.H. Cristy, Naval Cadet; Brent McCarthy, pay clerk; Arthur B. Hoff, Ensign; Noble E. Irwin, Naval Cadet. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 51479. Courtesy of Rear Admiral H.H. Hough, USN, 1929.	Robert Hurst
098602031	216k	Marines saluting aboard USS Lancaster, date and location unknown. At the time of this photos *Lancaster* was the oldest naval ship in active service. Image from the book The Naval History of the United States by Abbot, Willis J. (1863-1934). Pub. Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1 January 1896.	Robert Hurst
098602513	192k	USS Lancaster laying inboard of USS Portsmouth while in ordinary at Brooklyn Navy Yard, probably circa 1894. Image from the book "The Naval History of the United States", by Willis J. Abbot, 1863-1934.	Robert Hurst
	178k	USS Lancaster at anchor, in 1898, location unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 85814	Dan Wilmes
File Name: USS Lancaster Officer Japan 1893	582k	USS Lancaster officers, Yokohama, Japan, 1893.	Darryl Baker
File Name: USS Lancaster Officer Japan 1893 ID	392k		Darryl Baker
	621k	USS Lancaster at anchor in the harbor at Key West. FL., while serving as station ship during the Spanish-American War. *Lancaster* arrived on station, 31 May 1898, and departed Key West, 18 August 1898, returning to Portsmouth, N.H. to serve as a gunnery training ship. Florida Keys Public Libraries. Photo # MM00046520x. Courtesy Wright Langley Collection.	Robert Hurst
	145k	USS Lancaster at anchor in the harbor at Key West. FL., in 1898 while serving as station ship during the Spanish American War. Stevens-Coolidge Place Collection.	Mike Green
098602036	270k	RPPC of USS Lancaster at anchor probably in either Long Island Sound or off Newport R.I., circa 1899. ©Enrique Muller 1899	David Wright
	335k	USS Lancaster "The Roaring Fourties." Officers in heavy weather gear: LT. Manney, CAPT. Potter, LT. Kennedy, ENS. Beale, ENS. Brown, LT. Paul, LT. Niles (the latter on the horseblock)., circa 1900. US Naval History and Heritage Command Collection photo # NHF-008.01	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	127k	Starboard bow view of USS Lancaster underway in 1902, location unknown. Library of Congress photo # LC-D4-21694	Mike Green
	97k	USS Lancaster at anchor, circa 1890 to 1905, location unknown. Library of Congress photo # LC-D4-32290	Mike Green
	77k	USS Lancaster at anchor, circa 1890 to 1901, location unknown. Library of Congress photo # LC-LC-D4-20035	Mike Green
098602033	175k	USS Lancaster in the Washington Channel, seen from the Army War College, Washington, D.C., circa 1899-1902. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 86617	Robert Hurst
	96k	USS Lancaster at the Philadelphia Navy Yard circa 1904. *Lancaster* served as receiving ship for Naval personnel from 16 November 1903 to 31 March 1912. "Philadelphia Evening Bulletin", George D. McDowell Collection	Mike Green
	251k	USS Lancaster as receiving ship at League Island, Philadelphia Navy Yard, 8 December 1906.	Tommy Trampp
	284k	USS Lancaster as receiving ship at Philadelphia Navy Yard circa 1910. At right is *USS Kearsarge* (Battleship NO. 5)** which is having her new "cage " masts installed. Note scaffolding used in weaving the mast structure. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo# NH 82122. Description: Courtesy of M. DeSomer, 1975.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	217k	b>USS Lancaster figurehead, 1933. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo# NH 115202.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	263k	USS Lancaster figurehead by John Haley Bellamy, carver (Amer. 1836 -1914), on display at the Mariners Museum, Newport News, VA.	Robert Hurst
	280k	The Golden Eagle figurehead from USS Lancaster by John Haley Bellamy, carver (Amer. 1836 -1914), on display at the Mariners Museum, Newport News, VA. Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection	Mike Green
	257k	USS Lancaster Gun Memorial, West Park (now Columbus Park) downtown Stamford, CT., circa 1909. (The gun was also used in USS Kearsarge.) The gun stood in West Park in Stamford, CT. from Memorial Day, 1901 until 1942, when it was hauled away as scrap metal during World War II. It was cast at West Point in 1827.	Robert Hurst