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USS Natchez (I)
Sloop-of-War:
Built at Norfolk Navy Yard in 1827
Launched , date unknown
Commissioned in 1827, at Norfolk Navy Yard, CDR. George Budd in command
Natchez, departed Hampton Roads 26 July 1827 for the Caribbean to patrol the West Indies as a deterrent against a resurgence of piracy
Forced to sail north by an outbreak of yellow fever among the crew, arriving New York 24 November 1828.
Sailed for the Caribbean again, 9 July 1829, CDR. William B. Shubrick in command
Decommissioned and placed in ordinary at Norfolk, 24 August 1831
Reactivated during the South Carolina nullification crisis, Natchez recommissioned 28 December 1832 sailing for Charleston 2 January 1833
Natchez sailed for Hampton Roads 4 April and, upon arriving Norfolk, was again placed in ordinary.
Reactivated in 1836 Natchez returned to the West Indies and operated there into 1838
Reassigned to the Caribbean in 1839.
Decommissioned and scrapped at the New York Navy Yard in 1840
Specifications:
Displacement 200 t.
Length 127'
Beam 33'
Depth unknown
Draft 16' 6"
Speed unknown
Complement 190
Armament eighteen guns
Propulsion sail
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USS Natchez (I)
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