USS Susquehanna (1850)
Susquehanna | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Susquehanna |
| Namesake | Susquehanna River |
| Builder | New York Navy Yard |
| Laid down | 1847 |
| Launched | 5 April 1850 |
| Commissioned | 24 December 1850 |
| Decommissioned | 14 January 1868 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steam Frigate |
| Tonnage | 2,450 long tons (2,489 t) |
| Length | 257 ft (78 m) |
| Beam | 45 ft (14 m) |
| Draft | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
| Depth of hold | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine, |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
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USS Susquehanna, a sidewheel steam frigate, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Susquehanna River, which rises in Lake Otsego in central New York and flows across Pennsylvania and the northeast corner of Maryland emptying into the Chesapeake Bay.