Algoma-class sloop
Painting of USS Plymouth from 1884 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Algoma class |
| Builders | |
| Operators | United States Navy |
| Preceded by | Ticonderoga-class sloops |
| Built | 1867–1868 |
| In service | 1869–1891 |
| Planned | 11 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Retired | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Screw sloop |
| Displacement | 2,394 long tons (2,681 short tons) |
| Length | 250.4 ft (76.3 m) lbp |
| Beam | 38 ft (12 m) |
| Depth | 16.5 ft (5.0 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails and steam |
| Complement | 291 |
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The Alaska or Algoma-class sloop was a series of screw sloops operated by the US Navy during the later parts of the 19th century. Designed during the American Civil War, only 4 of the 11 planned ships were built, all after the war's end. The class had a brief service life and were all out of service by the early 1890s.