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USS St. Mary's (II)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Sloop of War:

Built in 1843-44 at Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.

Launched, date unknown

Commissioned USS St Mary's in the fall of 1844, CDR. John L. Saunders in command

Assigned to Commodore Robert Stockton's Mediterranean Squadron while at Philadelphia

USS St. Mary's sailed with the squadron to reinforce Commodore David Conner's Gulf of Mexico Squadron in event of war with Mexico over the annexation of Texas

USS St. Mary's primary duty during the War with Mexico was blockade duty especially at Tampico and support for the Vera Cruz landings

Ordered back to Norfolk in April arriving in May 1847

USS St. Mary's sailed from Norfolk, for duty with the Pacific Squadron, 11 April 1848

USS St. Mary's participation in Commodore Perry's opening of Japan in July 1853 Returned to the east coast for repairs at Philadelphia in 1853 and returning to the Pacific Squadron in 1854

Laid up at Mare Island in September 1866

Recommissioned, in the fall of 1870

Placed in ordinary at Norfolk, VA., 3 June 1873

Transferred to the Public Marine School at New York in 1875, she served as a school ship until June 1908

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in August 1908 to Thomas Butler and Co., Boston and in November 1908, she was scrapped

Specifications:
Displacement 958 t.
Length 149' 3"
Beam 37' 4"
Draft 18'
Speed unknown
Complement 195

Armament

sixteen 32-pdrs

six 8 inch guns

Propulsion sail

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	294k	US Navy ships of the Japanese Squadron, established to promote free trade with Japan in 1852. From left to right: USS Susquehanna, USS Saratoga, USS St. Mary's, USS Supply, USS Plymouth, USS Perry, USS Mississippi and USS Princeton. From ~ The Archive of the Old Print Man ~ "Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion", Boston, 1852.	Tommy Trampp
	53k	USS St. Mary's rides at anchor during the late 1800s, with her hull painted dull black except for her bow scrollwork and a narrow white band at maindeck level; this was the customary finish for the Navy's wooden ships at this time. To fit her for her role as a training ship, her battery has been removed; her curtained gun ports now provide light and air for berthing spaces below decks. US Navy photo from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command	Robert Hurst
	129k	USS St. Mary's in the first dry dock established at Mare Island Navy Yard, circa 1854. The sectional dry dock was built in New York and shipped out to California in sections around Cape Horn. USS St. Mary's was one of the first ships to use the dock. US Navy photo from "A Long Line of Ships: Mare Island's Century of Naval Activity in California", by Arnold S. Lott. Annapolis, MD. United States Naval Institute	Robert Hurst
	533k	USS St. Mary's at anchor, off Mare Island Navy Yard in August 1870. Note USS Independence in the background.	Darryl Baker
	1108k	Sketch of USS St. Mary's at sea titled "Man overboard", 8 June1872, Lat 18° 36' 30"N Long 147° 19'W	Darryl Baker
	113k	Starboard broadside view of USS St. Mary's, location unknown, circa 1890 to 1901. Library of Congress photo # LC-D4-20930	Mike Green
	315k	USS St. Mary's under full sail while serving as the Public Marine School at New York's school ship, circa 1875 to 1908.	Tommy Trampp
LOC Photo # LC-D428-746	109k	USS St. Mary's at the Dewey Naval Parade on the Hudson River, New York, 29 September 1899. Library of Congress, Photo #'s LC-D428-745 and LC-D428-745	Mike Green
< LOC Photo No. LC-D428-745	113k		Mike Green
098602309	334k	USS St. Mary's at the Dewey Naval Parade on the Hudson River, New York, 29 September 1899. New York Historical Society - George E. Stonebridge Photograph Collection, 1897-1918 (bulk 1899-1904) Identifier nyhs_PR066_956	Daniel Hacker
098602311	212k	USS St. Mary's moored, 21 April 1900, location unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # 19-N-19-1-9	Robert Hurst
098602310	193k	USS St. Mary's moored, 15 January 1908, location unknown. Note small tug in foreground. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # 19-N-19-1-8	Robert Hurst
098602312	374k	USS St. Mary's moored at New York in 1907, just before the end of her schoolship career.	David Wright