List of sloops of war of the United States Navy

This is a list of sloops of war of the United States Navy.

Ships of the United States Navy
Ships in current service
Current ships
Ships grouped alphabetically
A–B C D–F G–H I–K L M N–O P Q–R S T–V W–Z
Ships grouped by type
Aircraft carriers Airships Amphibious warfare ships Auxiliaries Battlecruisers Battleships Cruisers Destroyers Destroyer escorts Destroyer leaders Escort carriers Frigates Hospital ships Littoral combat ships Mine warfare vessels Monitors Oilers Patrol vessels Registered civilian vessels Sailing frigates Steam frigates Steam gunboats Ships of the line Sloops of war Submarines Torpedo boats Torpedo retrievers Unclassified miscellaneous Yard and district craft

USS Vincennes

Sailing sloops of war

• USS Adams (1799), scuttled 3 September 1814 to prevent capture
• USS Albany (1846), lost after 28–29 September 1854 with approx. 197 aboard
• USS Alligator (1813), captured 14 December 1814
• USS Belle Italia (1862)
• USS Boston (1825), wrecked 15 November 1846, no fatalities
• USS Brockenborough (1862), wrecked 27 May 1863
• USS Concord (1828), wrecked 2 November 1842, 3 killed
• USS Constellation (1854)
• USS Cyane (1837)
• USS Dale (1839)
• USS Decatur (1839)
• USS Eagle (1812)
• USS Epervier (1814), lost in July or August 1815 with 134 aboard
• USS Erie (1813)
• USS Fair American (1812)
• USS Fairfield (1828)
• USS Falmouth (1827)
• USS Fly (1776), burned to prevent capture November 1777
• USS Frolic (1813), captured 20 April 1814
• USS G. L. Brockenborough (1862), wrecked 27 May 1863
• USS Ganges (1794)
• USS Germantown (1846), scuttled 20 April 1861
• USS Granite (1862)
• USS Growler (1812 sloop)
• USS Hamilton (1812), foundered 8 August 1813, 42 killed
• USS Hornet (1775), captured 27 April 1777
• USS Hornet (1805 sloop)
• USS Hornet (1805 brig), foundered with the loss of all hands 10 September 1829
• USS Independence (1776 sloop), wrecked 24 April 1778
• USS Jamestown (1844)
• USS Julia (1863)
• USS Levant (1837), lost with all hands after 18 September 1860
• USS Lexington (1825)
• USS Louisiana (1812)
• USS Marion (1839)
• USS Maryland (1799)
• USS Natchez (1827)
• USS Ohio (1812), captured 12 August 1814
• USS Ontario (1813)
• USS Peacock (1813)
• USS Peacock (1828), wrecked 17–19 July 1841, no fatalities
• USS Plymouth (1844)
• USS Portsmouth (1843)
• USS Preble (1839), burned and exploded 27 April 1863
• USS President (1812), captured 1814
• USS Providence (1775), destroyed to prevent capture 14 August 1779
• USS Rosalie (1863)
• USS Saratoga (1842)
• USS Scourge (1804)
• USS Scourge (1812), foundered 8 August 1813, 42 killed
• USS St. Louis (1828)
• USS St. Mary's (1844)
• USS Ticonderoga (1814)
• USS Trippe (1812), captured October 1813
• USS Trumbull (1799)
• USS Vandalia (1828)
• USS Vincennes (1826)
• USS Warren (1827)
• USS Wasp (1807), captured 15 October 1812
• USS Wasp (1813)
• USS Wasp (1814), lost with all hands October 1814
• USS Yorktown (1839), wrecked 6 September 1850, no fatalities

Steam sloops of war

Marion class

• USS Marion (1839)

Saranac class

• USS Saranac (1848), wrecked 18 June 1875, no fatalities

Wyoming class

• USS Wyoming (1859)
• USS Tuscarora (1861)

Dacotah class

• USS Dacotah (1859)

Seminole class

• USS Seminole (1859)
• USS Narragansett (1859)

Saginaw class

• USS Saginaw (1859), wrecked 29 October 1870 at Kure Atoll, 4 later killed while sailing for help

Pocahontas class

• USS Pocahontas (1852)

Hartford class

• USS Brooklyn (1858)
• USS Hartford (1858)
• USS Richmond (1860)
• USS Lancaster (1858)
• USS Pensacola (1859)

Mohican class

• USS Kearsarge (1861), wrecked 2 February 1894, no fatalities
• USS Mohican (1859)
• USS Iroquois (1859)
• USS Oneida (1861), sunk in collision 24 January 1870, 125 killed
• USS Tuscarora (1861)
• USS Wachusett (1861)

Contoocook class

• USS Contoocook (1864) renamed USS Albany
• USS Manitou (1866) renamed USS Worcester
• USS Mosholu (1867) renamed USS Severn
• USS Pushmataha renamed USS Cambridge and USS Congress (1868)
• USS Pompanoosuc (not launched)

Java class

• USS Antietam (1875)
• USS Guerriere (1865)
• USS Illinois (1864)
• USS Java (1863)
• USS Kewaydin (1869)
• USS Minnetonka (1867)
• USS Ontario (1863)

Ossipee class

• USS Ossipee (1861)
• USS Adirondack (1861), wrecked 23 August 1862, no fatalities
• USS Juniata (1862)
• USS Housatonic (1861), sunk by submarine 17 February 1864, 5 killed

Sacramento class

• USS Canandaigua (1862)
• USS Monongahela (1862)
• USS Sacramento (1862), wrecked 19 June 1867, no fatalities
• USS Shenandoah (1862)

Ticonderoga class

• USS Ticonderoga (1863)
• USS Lackawanna (1862)

Alaska class

• USS Alaska (1868)
• USS Benicia (1868) formerly USS Algoma
• USS Plymouth (1867) formerly USS Kenosha
• USS Omaha (1869) formerly USS Astoria

Swatara class

• USS Resaca (1865)
• USS Swatara (1865)
• USS Quinnebaug (1866)
• USS Nantasket (1867)

Galena class

• USS Mohican (1883)
• USS Quinnebaug (1875)
• USS Swatara (1873)

Vandalia class

• USS Vandalia (1876), wrecked during the Apia cyclone at Samoa 16 March 1889, 43 killed
• USS Mohican (1883)

Adams class

• USS Enterprise (1874)
• USS Adams (1874)
• USS Alliance (1877)
• USS Nipsic, rebuilt 1879, wrecked during the Apia cyclone at Samoa 16 March 1889, 8 killed, rebuilt
• USS Essex (1876), later classified as IX-10

Alert class

• USS Alert (1875), later classified as AS-4
• USS Huron (1875), wrecked 24 November 1877, 98 killed
• USS Ranger (1876), later classified as PG-23, IX-18

References

• Chapelle, Howard Irving. The History of the American Sailing Navy; The Ships and Their Development. New York: Norton, 1949.
• Canney, Donald L. The Old Steam Navy. Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press, 1990. ISBN 0-87021-004-1 ISBN 0870215868