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USS Electra I

Bark:
  • Built as the bark Rolla in 1843 at Philadelphia, PA.
  • Purchased by the Navy, 15 January 1847, and renamed Electra
  • Fitted for sea at New York Navy Yard
  • Commissioned, USS Electra, 19 March 1847, LT. T. W. Hunt in command
  • Electra sailed from New York 4 April 1847 to join the Home Squadron in the Gulf of Mexico for service in the Mexican War
  • She arrived at Anton Lizardo 4 May and until 18 September 1848 served as a storeship, delivering provisions and supplies to ships of her squadron
  • At the close of the war she assisted in bringing home surplus supplies
  • Electra arrived at New York, 7 October 1848 and was decommissioned 27 October
  • Sold in November 1848
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 248 t.
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft unknown'
    Depth of Hold 11'
    Speed unknown
    Complement 21
    Armament two guns
    Propulsion sail
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    Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon, Frederic Leighton c. 1869.
    Electra is one of the most popular mythological characters in tragedies. She is the main character in two Greek tragedies, Electra by Sophocles and Electra by Euripides. She is also the central figure in plays by Aeschylus, Alfieri, Voltaire, Hofmannsthal, and Eugene O'Neill. Her characteristic can be stated as a vengeful soul in the libation bearers, because she plans out an attack with her brother to kill the evil Clytemnestra. In psychology, the Electra complex is named after her. (Wikipedia)     		Tommy Trampp
    USS Electra I
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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