Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC Sale: 5127
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Sale No: 5127
Lot No:3001 Symbol: Boston was launched on October 15, 1825, and served all around the world. She returned to the U.S. in 1846 and was ordered to join Commodore Conner's Home Squadron blockading the Mexican east coast. While en route to her new station, in November 1846, she was wrecked during a squall on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. Although the sloop was a total loss, all hands were saved. Suggested Bid $50-75 (Image) Suggested Bid $50-75
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Lot No:3002 Symbol: Originally built in 1825 as the 44-gun frigate, Susquehanna , her first task was to transport the Marquis de Lafayette back to France. She was renamed Brandywine in honor of the battle in which Lafayette was wounded while fighting with American forces. She was later recommissioned a number of times for service in various theaters, finally in October 1861, when she joined the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, most of the time stationed off of Fortress Monroe. Suggested Bid $75-100 (Image) Suggested Bid $75-100
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Lot No:3003 Symbol: Columbus served as flagship for the Mediterranean, Brazilian and East Indies Squadrons. She was burned at Norfolk as the Rebel Army approached. The addressee, Dr. William Ruschenberger, was a noted surgeon and author who reached the rank of Commodore and authored more than 30 books on science, medicine and foreign travels. Suggested Bid $75-100 (Image) Suggested Bid $75-100
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Lot No:3004 Symbol: Concord was commissioned in May 1830 and served in the Mediterranean from April 1830 until December 1832. In 1835 she sent to the Western Florida coast during the Second Seminole War, sometimes providing crewmen to aid in ground fighting. Then she served along the Mexican coast, in the West Indies and off of Brazil protecting American commerce, as well as in the Indian Ocean off of Mozambique and Madagascar protecting American whaling ships. In November 1842 she ran aground in Mozambique and was abandoned. Suggested Bid $50-75 (Image) Suggested Bid $50-75
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Lot No:3005 Symbol: The 38-gun Constellation, built in 1797, served in many conflicts including the War of 1812 and, with Commodore Stephen Decatur's Squadron in the Second Barbary War in the Mediterranean. She also served in the Pacific and the Caribbean as part of the West Indies Squadron. Suggested Bid $50-75 (Image) Suggested Bid $50-75
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Lot No:3006 Symbol: Cumberland, a sail-only frigate, was launched in November 1842 and served as Flagship for the Pacific, European and Home Squadrons. She was Perry's Flagship at the opening of Japan in 1852. She was rammed and sunk in an engagement with the Confederate ironclad C.S.S. Virginia (formerly the U.S.S. Merrimack) at Newport News, Va., on March 8, 1862. The engagement, on the first day of the Battle of Hampton Roads, is considered to be a turning point in the history of naval warfare, as it demonstrated the advantage of steam-powered, armored ships over sail-powered, wooden-hulled ships. Suggested Bid $75-100 (Image) Suggested Bid $75-100
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Lot No:3007 Symbol: Delaware was commissioned in 1828 and served off and on in the Mediterranean until returning to Hampton Roads in 1836 to be decommissioned. She was recommissioned for local operations in 1841 and later that year joined the Brazil Station where she patrolled the coasts of Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina. She returned to Norfolk in 1844, was decommissioned, and it was there, in 1861, that she was burned to prevent her from falling into Confederate hands. Suggested Bid $50-75 (Image) Suggested Bid $50-75
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Lot No:3008 Symbol: Fairfield launched in 1828. She cruised the Mediterranean until 1831, then served as flagship in the West Indies and, in 1833 joined the Pacific Squadron. She was at Norfolk from September 1835 until April 1837 when she was assigned to the Brazil Station as a protector for American commerce guarding against the blockade of Argentina by French warships. In May 1841 she again cruised the Mediterranean and continued in service until January 1845 finishing her career at Norfolk. Suggested Bid $50-75 (Image) Suggested Bid $50-75
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Lot No:3009 Symbol: Franklin sailed her first cruise in October 1817 to the Mediterranean, where she served as flagship until 1820. From 1821 to 1824 she was assigned as flagship for the Pacific Squadron. She lay in ordinary until 1838 when she was ordered to Boston to serve as receiving ship until 1852 when she was taken to Portsmouth and broken up. Interestingly, parts of her were used in her successor the steam frigate Franklin. Suggested Bid $50-75 (Image) Suggested Bid $50-75
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Lot No:3010 Symbol: Guerriere was launched in 1814 and attached to the Delaware Flotilla. In 1815 she was transferred to serve as the flagship for Captain Stephen Decatur's squadron during the Second Barbary War protecting American commerce from piracy from Algiers and other Barbary States. A treaty with Algiers was negotiated on board and she then led the squadron in a show of force, resulting in peace treaties with Tunis and Tripoli. For seven years she served as a training ship at the Norfolk Naval Yard, before the Naval Academy was established. In 1828 she was ordered out to serve as flagship of the Navy squadron headed for the Pacific and was decommissioned in 1831. Suggested Bid $50-75 (Image) Suggested Bid $50-75
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Lot No:3011 Symbol: The 44-gun frigate, Hudson, originally built for the Greek government and named the Liberator, was purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1826 when Greece could not pay the contract. She set sail in 1828 as flagship for the Brazil Squadron and helped eradicate the slave trade off Brazil. She conducted several patrols along the South American coast and served time as harbor patrol in Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro. In 1831 she returned home to New York where she served as a receiving ship until 1844 when she was broken up and sold. Suggested Bid $50-75 (Image) Suggested Bid $50-75
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Lot No:3012 Symbol: John Adams, with a complement of 220, was commissioned in 1799. She had a long and storied career before joining the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. She served as the flagship for the inner blockade at Charleston until the city was evacuated and she entered the harbor. Suggested Bid $50-75 (Image) Suggested Bid $50-75
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Lot No:3013 Symbol: Lexington, commissioned in 1826, was first stationed off Labrador to protect American fishing vessels. She then served in the Mediterranean Sea and the South Atlantic. At the outbreak of the war with Mexico in 1846 she operated along the west coast of North America, transporting troops and assisting in the blockade. After the war she continued cruising the California coast until the early days of the Gold Rush in 1849. In 1853 she joined Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan. Suggested Bid $50-75 (Image) Suggested Bid $50-75
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Lot No:3014 Symbol: Merrimack, often misspelled "Merrimac", was launched in 1855 and served throughout the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific (she was flagship of Pacific Squadron). She was decommissioned in 1860 and lay at Norfolk until April 1861 when she was set afire by the Navy upon their evacuation of the Navy Yard. However, she didn't burn entirely and was raised by the Confederates, who were desperate for ships of any kind, and rebuilt as the ironclad ram Virginia. Suggested Bid $75-100 (Image) Suggested Bid $75-100
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Lot No:3015 Symbol: Mississippi was Commodore Mathew Perry's flagship for his historic mission to open Japan. At New Orleans, after passing Forts Jackson and St. Phillip, she ran the Conderate Ram Manassas ashore, wrecking her with two broadsides. She was ordered upriver for the operations against Port Hudson, where she grounded and was fired by her crew to prevent capture. Commander Mackenzie was famous for his 1842 decision to execute three suspected mutineers aboard the U.S.S. Somers while under his command. The "Somers Mutiny", an interesting chapter in Naval History, is the only mutiny aboard a U.S. Navy ship to result in an execution. Mackenzie was also an accomplished travel writer and Naval biographer, who mingled with literary Americans including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and fellow New Yorker and lifelong friend, Washington Irving. Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image) Suggested Bid $100-150
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Lot No:3016 Symbol: North Carolina was commissioned in 1824 and served as flagship of the Mediterranean and Pacific Squadrons. She was New York's receiving ship from 1839 until replaced by the Vermont in 1866. Joshua Ratoon Sands was promoted to Captain in 1854 and was involved with laying the Trans-Atlantic telegraph cable in 1857. In 1861 he was transferred to the retired list and was promoted in retirement to Commodore in 1862 and Rear Admiral in 1866. He continued active duty, serving as Union Lighthouse Inspector on Lakes Erie and Ontario and the St. Lawrence River during the Civil War, and as Port Admiral at Norfolk, Va., from 1869 to 1872. Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image) Suggested Bid $100-150
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Lot No:3017 Symbol: U.S.S. Ontario, Sloop of War, folded letter datelined "U. S. Ship Ontario, Norfolk Nov 5th 1853" and postmarked with a red Nov 15 Norfolk, Va. c.d.s. and matching straightline "SHIP" with a faint manuscript "27"(?) rate; the letter is from Ontario's Purser to the U.S. Navy Agent at the Boston Navy Yard concerning accounting matters; minor toning, Fine to Very Fine, Ontairo was built in Baltimore in 1813. She blockaded in the Chesapeake Bay through the War of 1812. She was part of Commodore Stephen Decatur's Squadron sent to stop the piracy of the Barbary states. She served on blockade duties off Algiers until the signing of a peace treaty, then spent time in the Pacific under Captain James Biddle who succeeded in securing the release of captured U.S. ships. She served several deployments in the Mediterranean and in the West Indies, protecting U.S. commerce from pirates. In July 1843 she returned to Baltimore and began duty as a Navy Yard receiving ship until decommissioned in 1856. Suggested Bid $50-75 (Image) Suggested Bid $50-75
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Lot No:3018 Symbol: Plymouth was with Matthew Perry's expedition to open Japan to U.S. trade. She was at Norfolk for repairs when the secession crisis occurred and was burned and scuttled to prevent capture. Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image) Suggested Bid $100-150
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Lot No:3019 Symbol: Porpoise was built in 1820 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard and cruised the West Indies hunting pirates from 1821-23. From 1824-25 she cruised the coast of West Africa engaging in the suppression of the slave trade. In 1827 she took part in rescuing the British merchant brig Comet from Mediterranean pirates. In 1833, while cruising in the West Indies, she was wrecked on a reef off Point Lizardo. Suggested Bid $50-75 (Image) Suggested Bid $50-75
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Lot No:3020 Symbol: Potomac was commissioned in 1830. She served with the Pacific and Brazilian Squadrons before becoming the flagship of the Home Squadron. At the start of the Civil War she was assigned to the Gulf Blockading Squadron, later becoming a store ship, and then the receiving ship for the East Gulf Blockading Squadron at Pensacola. Suggested Bid $75-100 (Image) Suggested Bid $75-100
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Lot No:3021 Symbol: Preble was commissioned in 1840. She operated with the Gulf Blockading Squadron blockading the Mississippi River before being assigned to the East Gulf Blockading Squadron. She was a guard ship for Pensacola in April 1863 when she caught fire, exploded and sank. Suggested Bid $75-100 (Image) Suggested Bid $75-100
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Lot No:3022 Symbol: St. Louis, commissioned in 1828, served in the West Indies Squadron, the Pacific Squadron, and the East India Squadron. She operated in Cadiz and Lisbon from 1862 to 1864 and finished the war with the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Suggested Bid $50-75 (Image) Suggested Bid $50-75
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Lot No:3023 Symbol: Saratoga started life as the flagship of Matthew Perry's Ivory Coast Expedition, then participated in the Mexican War and was with Perry for the opening of Japan. In the Civil War she served as a guard ship, then joined the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image) Suggested Bid $100-150
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Lot No:3024 Symbol: U.S.S. Saratoga, Sloop of War, 3¢ red entire (U10) addressed to "Lieut. John C. Cash, U. S. Ship Saratoga, Warrington P.O. Florida", postmarked with a clear Washington D.C. c.d.s., Feb 16, 1856; Saratoga was probably stationed at the nearby Pensacola Navy Yard at this time, Saratoga began service as the flagship of Matthew Perry's Ivory Coast Expedition, then participated in the Mexican War and was with Perry for the opening of Japan. In the Civil War she served as a guard ship, then joined the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron performing blockading operations. Suggested Bid $75-100 (Image) Suggested Bid $75-100
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Lot No:3025 Symbol: Susquehanna served in the East India Squadron from 1850 to 1855 and in the Mediterranean from 1856 to 1861. During the Civil War, she served the North Atlantic, South Atlantic and West Gulf Blockading Squadrons. In addition to blockading duty, she was at Hatteras Inlet, Port Royal and Hampton Roads. During the Civil War, Seth Ledyard Phelps, the addressee, commanded the timberclads U.S.S. Conestoga, Tyler and Lexington in the Mississippi River Flotilla and was later the U.S. Minister to Peru. Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image) Suggested Bid $100-150
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