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NavSource Online: "Old Navy" Ship Photo Archive

USS Santee (I)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Brandywine Class Sailing Frigate:

Laid down in 1820, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, N.H.

Remained uncompleted on the stocks until launched, 15 February 1855

Commissioned, 9 June 1861, CAPT. Henry Eagle in command

Assigned to the Gulf of Mexico, departing Portsmouth, 20 June 1861

Reassigned to Flag Officer Farragut's West Gulf Blockading Squadron in January 1862

Decommissioned at Boston, 4 September 1862

Refitted and recommissioned, 4 October 1862, assigned as school ship for the Naval Academy at Newport, R.I.

Assigned to the Naval Academy at Annapolis at the close of the war, serving as school ship, gunnery ship and barracks ship

Sunk at her moorings, 2 April 1912, at Annapolis

Sold, 2 August 1912, to Joseph G. Hitner, Philadelphia

Final Disposition, towed to Boston and burned for the copper and brass in her hull

Specifications:
Displacement 1,726 t.
Length 175'
Beam 45'
Depth 14' 5"
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement 480

Armament

two 54-pdrs

ten 8" shell guns

twenty 32-pdrs, 57 hundred weight

sixteen 32-pdrs, 33 hundred weight

two heavy 12-pdrs

Propulsion sail

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
098602607	245k	Stero card of the frigate USS Santee at sea, circa 1855. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # 2014.20. Courtesy of the Herman Sudholz Collection.	Robert Hurst
098602608	153k	Painting of USS Santee, date unknown by artist Rear Admiral J.W. Schmidt USN US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 85592-KN..	Robert Hurst
098602609	353k	The destruction of the Confederate States privateer *Royal Yacht* in Galveston Harbor, TX. by a cutting out party from USS Santee, commanded by LT. James E. Jouett, 8 November 1861. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 79904. From: "Deeds of Valor," Vol. II, p.1, published by the Perrien-Keydel Co., Detroit, 1907.	Robert Hurst
	152k	View of the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD. waterfront area, circa the late 1860s, looking northeast from the tower of New Quarters. The twin-turret monitor moored in the Severn River, at left, is USS Tonawanda. Ships at the pier in right center are USS Constellation, USS Dale and USS Santee. Note the small tug on the beach at left, apparently under construction or undergoing a major overhaul, and the side-wheel steamer at the dock. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 49813	Robert Hurst
098602606	288k	USS Santee moored at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD., May 1865, with diary entry and roster of midshipmen class of 1865. Richard G. Davenport served on board while in the 4th class, October 1865 to June 1866. Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 43837	Robert Hurst
	172k	Ships moored at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD. in 1879 are from left to right: USS Dale, USS Constellation and USS Santee. The marine barracks *Wyandank* is in the center of the photo.	Darryl Baker
098602708	331k	From left to right; *USS Dolphin* (PG-24), USS Wyoming and USS Santee** moored at Santees wharf, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 54541	US Naval History and Heritage Command
0986110102	104k	Ships USS Passaic, USS Phlox, and USS Santee, wharves, and buildings, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 1883-1892. Digital Maryland	John Spivey
	316k	USS Santee moored at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD. date unknown. Midshipmen lived, studied, and attended classes on the ship, as they prepared for positions of leadership in the US Navy. Library of Congress; LC-B8184-5083 (Lot 4182, no. 10)	Mike Green
	42k	USS Santee her mizzenmast and fore and maintop masts removed, housed over as station ship at the Naval Academy. US Navy photo	Robert Hurst
0946013107	156k	USS Hartford, USS Chesapeake; and USS Santee at dockside, circa early 1905. Probably taken at US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 64846	Robert Hurst
	124k	Post card image of USS Santee housed over while serving as station ship at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD. US Navy photo	Tommy Trampp
	143k	USS Santee housed over while serving as receiving ship at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD. in 1905 US Library of Congress photo # LC-D4-22209	Mike Green
098602605	169k	USS Santee housed over while serving as receiving ship at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD., date unknown. Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 108634	Robert Hurst