USS Boston
Career (USA)
Namesake:	Boston, Massachusetts
Builder:	Boston Navy Yard
Launched:	15 October 1825
Commissioned:	1826
Fate:	Wrecked 15 November 1846
General characteristics
Displacement:	700 Tons
Length:	127 ft (39 m)
Beam:	33 ft 9 in (10. The Boston Navy Yard, originally called the Charlestown Navy Yard and after 1945 called Boston Naval Shipyard, was one of the oldest Shipbuilding facilities Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display 3 m)
Draft:	16 ft (4. 9 m)
Speed:	11 knots
Complement:	125
Armament:	20 x 24 pounders smooth bore

The fourth USS Boston was an 18-gun sloop of war, launched 15 October 1825 by the Boston Navy Yard and commissioned the following year, Master Commandant Beekman V. In the 18th and the earlier part of the 19th centuries a sloop-of-war was a small sailing Warship (also known as one of the Escort types with a single gun deck Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Boston Navy Yard, originally called the Charlestown Navy Yard and after 1945 called Boston Naval Shipyard, was one of the oldest Shipbuilding facilities Master commandant was a rank within the early United States Navy. Hoffman in command.

Boston served on the Brazil Station 1826-1829 and the Mediterranean Station 1830-1832. The Brazil Squadron (or South Atlantic Squadron was an overseas station established by the United States in 1826 to protect American commerce in the South Atlantic during For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display The Mediterranean Squadron, also known as the Mediterranean Station, was part of the United States Navy in the 19th century. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian She was then laid up at Boston Navy Yard until joining the West Indies Squadron in 1836. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Except for two short periods in ordinary at New York Navy Yard she served continuously for the next ten years. The United States Navy Yard New York - better known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard or the New York Naval Shipyard (NYNSY - is an American shipyard located Boston cruised on the West Indies (1836-39), East Indies (1841-43), and Brazil (1843-46) Stations, returning to the United States in 1846. The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting The Indies or East Indies (or East India) is a term often used to refer to the islands of SE Asia, especially the Malay Archipelago |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display She was then ordered to join Commodore Pearson's Home Squadron blockading the Mexican east coast. The Home Squadron was part of the United States Navy in the mid-1800s The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. While en route to her new station Boston was wrecked on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas, during a squall 15 November 1846. See also Eleutherae Eleuthera is an island in the Bahamas, lying 50 miles (80 km east of Nassau. The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an independent sovereign English -speaking country consisting of two thousand Cays and Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Although the sloop was a total loss, all hands were saved.

References

• This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships ( DANFS for short is the primary reference work for the basic facts about every Ship ever used The entry can be found here.