Wampanoag class (1864) USS Chattanooga (1864) USS Idaho (1864) Wooden screw Frigates USS Franklin (1854) Merrimack class (1855) USS Niagara (1855) Monitors & armored ships USS Galena (1862) Passaic class USS Roanoke USS Onondaga Miantonomoh class USS Dictator USS Puritan Canonicus class Kalamazoo class Milwaukee class Casco class Potomac class (11-54 guns) (1822-55) USS Congress (50 guns) (1841) USS Constellation (24 guns) (1855) USS Cumberland (90 guns) (razee 1856) USS Independence (54 guns) (razee 1836) USS Macedonian (22 guns) (razee 1852) USS United States (44 guns) (1798) USS Constitution (38 guns) (1797) 16 Sailing sloops (extant 1860) 3 Sailing brigs (extant 1860) Sailing Ships USS Pennsyvania (120 guns) (1837) USS Columbus (92 guns) (1819) Delaware class (90 guns) (1820) USS Vermont (90 guns) (1848, never completed) Nevertheless, Fulton gave the congress a modern ship which was launched too late to be seen in action: The Demologos (see below). During the second british-american war of 1812, this “fleet” was no match for the mighty Royal navy. Navy was born from a few ships built just after the American revolution, and still revered, like the famous frigates of the constitution class. A blocus, to deprive any exports from the Confederacy was a safe option, and indeed proved to be not a war winning strategy, but a crucial element to help achieve the Union’s goal. On paper, naval superiority of the Union was just overwhelming. The Union fleet through the territorial distribution of the states at war, and compared to the Confederacy, had the bulk of the industrial power of the continent, as well as major ports and arsenals of the East Coast. The Battle of Hampton Roads between the Monitor and the Merrimack, the first clash of ironclads in history. But rather we will try here to show the main classes and most important ship, of military or historical value, and the events they were involved in. The goal of this chapter is not to portray every single ship featured during the American Civil War (1861-1865), on the union side – it would be useless and time consuming.
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