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USS Onkahye

Schooner:
  • Laid down in 1839 as the schooner yacht Onkahye at William Capes, Williamsburg, N. Y.
  • Launched in 1840
  • Purchased by the Navy in early 1843
  • Commissioned USS Onkahye at Gosport Navy Yard, VA., 11 July 1843, LT. William C. Whittle in command
  • Onkahye departed Norfolk, 23 October 1847, for duty as a dispatch vessel at Charleston, S. C.
  • She returned to Norfolk, 18 June 1844
  • Decommissioning at Norfolk, VA., 20 June 1844
  • Recommissioned, 10 April 1845
  • Onkahye departed Norfolk, 9 May 1845, for duty in the Caribbean and the West Indies
  • She sailed to Vera Cruz, Mexico, to unload passengers, then moved on to Cuba and then returned to Norfolk 14 July
  • Onkahye once again departed Norfolk, 11 September 1845, bound for the West Indies to patrol against pirates and slavers
  • She remained on duty in those waters and along the northern coast of South America until departing Mobile Bay, 8 November, for Norfolk, arriving 1 January 1846
  • Decommissioning 9 January 1847
  • Recommissioned, 22 April 1847, LT. Otway Berryman in command
  • Once again she sailed for Caribbean waters before the month was out
  • Cruising the West Indies and South American coast, the schooner put into Rio de Janiero, 22 November, and stayed there until 29 January 1848, capturing bark Lawrence, a heavily laden slaver, at that port 24 January
  • Final Disposition, lost off Caicos Reef, 21 June 1848, without loss of life
    Specifications:
    Displacement 250 t.
    Length 96'
    Beam 22'
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft 12'
    Speed unknown
    Complement un known
    Armament two guns
    Propulsion Sail
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