USS Hartford

[1stMS-Arty]

photo of Hartford I haven't seen before...from NHHC

 

[Pollaco]

Weren't there 2 ships named Hartford ?

 

[1stMS-Arty]

Weren't there 2 ships named Hartford ?

not that i'm aware of

 

[redbob]

The Hartford's anchor is at Fort Gaines in Mobile Bay.

 

[USS ALASKA]

Weren't there 2 ships named Hartford ?

Yes there were. The second didn't quite get commissioned in time to take part in the ACW. "...SSN-768 Los Angeles-class submarine commissioned in 1994..."

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USS ALASKA

 

[USS ALASKA]

The Hartford's anchor is at Fort Gaines in Mobile Bay.

There are relics of that ship scattered all over the place...

• Her wheel and fife rail are displayed at the U.S. Navy Museum in Washington, D.C.
• A rowboat from Hartford is located at the National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus
• One of her anchors now sits at the University of Hartford
• Another of her anchors and a cathead are on display at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut.
• A third anchor is on display at Fort Gaines (Alabama) in Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States.
• One of her Parrott rifles is on display in Freeport, New York.
• Two of her Dahlgren smoothbore cannon are on display at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut
• One of her Dahlgren smoothbore cannon is on display in Alden Park at Mare Island Naval Shipyard near Vallejo, California
• Three Dahlgren cannon on display in Mackinaw City, Michigan
• IX-inch Dahlgren cannon which served on USS Hartfordsurvive at:
  • Hagerstown, Maryland- Tredegar Iron Works registry #117
  • Cheboygan, Michigan- Cyrus Alger & Co. #225
  • Mare Island, California- Cyrus Alger & Co. #228
  • Vallejo, California- Cyrus Alger & Co. #229
  • Hartford, Connecticut- Cyrus Alger & Co. #247 & #248
  • Petoskey, Michigan- Cyrus Alger & Co. #249
  • Gaylord, Michigan- Cyrus Alger & Co. #250
• Her figurehead is displayed in the Connecticut State Capitol
• Her billethead, trailboards and other items are on display at the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia.
• Her capstan, a cathead and the quarterdeck brass treadplate reside in St. Petersburg, Florida at Admiral Farragut Academy, a college preparatory school named after her captain
• Metal from the propeller of Hartford was used in the statue of David Farragut at Farragut Square in downtown Washington, D.C.
• Unspecified relic(s) are at the Washington Navy Yard
• Her ship's bell can be found on Constitution Plaza in Hartford, Connecticut (in front of the Old State House) in the eastern courtyard by the clock tower
• Her hatch cover is used as a coffee table in the Superintendent's office at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland

USS Hartford (1858) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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USS ALASKA

 

[1950lemans]

It's too bad she was allowed to rot in her berth in the mid-1950s. It would have been a great museum ship.
Over the years I've seen a couple of the remnants in CT.

 

[USS ALASKA]

• Her ship's bell can be found on Constitution Plaza in Hartford, Connecticut (in front of the Old State House) in the eastern courtyard by the clock tower

September 25, 2023
Long-obscured relic from famous Civil War ship likely headed to CT Convention Center
MICHAEL PUFFER
HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL

A ship's bell that once rang out from the USS Hartford, flagship of famous Civil War Rear Admiral David G. Farragut, will likely soon move from a lonely corner of Hartford's Constitution Plaza office park to a more prominent spot by the Connecticut Convention Center. Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin is asking the City Council to revoke a 1964 loan of the artifact to the now-defunct Constitution Plaza Inc., and then lend it out to the Capital Region Development Authority. The CRDA is responsible for much of Hartford's economic development projects as well as maintenance of important government-owned sports and entertainment venues like the Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, XL Center and Connecticut Convention Center. CRDA Executive Director Michael Freimuth stumbled across the tarnished bell earlier this year in a deteriorating display in Constitution Plaza. He said he thought it deserved a more prominent display. "It's forlorn, sitting in a decrepit concrete garden," Freimuth said in an interview in March. "It was given to the city by the U.S. Navy as a symbol of the USS Hartford, the city's namesake ship. And it needs a little more respect." The USS Hartford was a 2,900-ton sloop launched from the Boston Navy Yard on Nov. 22, 1858, measuring 358 feet in length, with rigging for sail but also with a single propeller powered by a steam engine. Commissioned on May 27, 1859, the ship began its service with the East India Squadron but returned to American waters with the outbreak of the Civil War. It was to serve as the flagship to Farragut, who became a household name. The ship participated in the Battle of New Orleans, Siege of Vicksburg and then, in 1863, the Battle of Mobile Bay. The latter is probably the ship's most famous action, where Farragut led a fleet to capture one of the Confederacy's last major ports. It was at this battle where Farragut was said to rally his commanders – who were worried about sea mines (then known as "torpedoes") -- with the famous battle cry "**** the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" The ship was put out of service in Charleston, South Carolina in 1926 and moved to Washington, D.C. to serve as a museum in 1938. In 1945, following the close of World War II, the Hartford was towed to Norfolk, Virginia, where it rotted away until it sank in 1956. The following year the ship was pushed aground and stripped.

Full article with pics can be read here - https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/ar...ar-ship-likely-headed-to-ct-convention-center

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USS ALASKA

 

[USS ALASKA]

• Two of her Dahlgren smoothbore cannon are on display at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut

The USS Hartford Cannons
September 26, 2023
Savannah Brooks
Managing Editor

The cannons mounted on the main quad that are oft-described as pointing towards Wesleyan College or Amherst College (in reality, they do not point towards either) were donated by the City of Hartford to Trinity College in 1950 at the request of then-President G. Keith Funston '32. The cannons came from the USS Hartford, a Civil War steam-powered sloop-of-war (a type of warship) that was the first ship in the U.S. Navy to be named after Hartford. The USS Hartford and her cannons saw combat in the Battle of New Orleans and the Siege of Vicksburg during the Civil War. Due to the significance of the USS Hartford, President Funston chose to dedicate the cannons Trinity received to the College's Civil War veterans.

Post edited to focus on the cannons of the USS Hartford. Full article with pic here - https://trinitytripod.com/features/trinitys-confederate-memorial-the-uss-hartford-cannons/

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USS ALASKA

 

[redbob]

The Hartford's anchor is at Fort Gaines on Mobile Bay.

 

[redbob]

The Hartford's anchor is at Fort Gaines on Mobile Bay.

 

[USS ALASKA]

Good 7:00 min vid released 10 hours ago...

USS Hartford - Guide 452

Drachinifel

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USS ALASKA

 

[atlantis]

Is this the class of warships the confederacy should have invested in.