Navy Profiles
The first Vermont was one of nine, 74-gun warships authorized by Congress on 29 April 1816. She was laid down at the Boston Navy Yard in September 1818; finished about 1825; and kept on the stocks until finally launched at Boston on 15 September 1848. The already aged ship of the line remained in ordinary at Boston until the outbreak of the Civil War in April 1861. She was commissioned at Boston on 30 January 1862, received orders to sail for Port Royal. After an eventful voyage south, Vermont anchored at Port Royal and served as a hospital, ordnance, receiving, and store ship until August 1864, when she transferred to New York. Vermont remained at New York for the next 37 years, serving both as a store and receiving ship. She was condemned and struck from the Navy list on 19 December 1901 and was sold at New York on 17 April 1902. A number of Vermonters were assigned to the vessel during the war, either as crew members, or when they initially enlisted, while awaiting orders: James Brown of Manchester, Peter Costello of Brookfield, Arlington C. Derrick/Denike of Rutland, William Flynn of Rutland, George E. Goss of Westminster, Samuel Hackett of Rutland, George W. Ham of Newfane, Charles Henty of Monkton, Joshua G. Johnson of Randolph, John King of Woodford, Cassius Loggins of Williston, William C. Miller of Weybridge, Timothy O'Keefe of Sandgate, John E. Taylor of Randolph and James Thompson of Wilmington.1
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Notes:
1. "Vermont," DANFS; Peck, pp. 699ff.
See Researching and writing about Vermont Blue-Jackets in the Civil War for explanations of references.
