USS Omaha (1869)
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| Name: | USS Omaha |
| Builder: | Philadelphia Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 1867, as Astoria |
| Launched: | 10 June 1869 |
| Commissioned: | 12 September 1872 |
| Decommissioned: | 1891 |
| Struck: | 10 July 1914 |
| Fate: | Sold |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Screw sloop |
| Displacement: | 2,394 long tons (2,432 t) |
| Length: | 250 ft 6 in (76.35 m) |
| Beam: | 38 ft (12 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
| Speed: | 11.3 knots (20.9 km/h; 13.0 mph) |
| Armament: |
• 1 × 11 in (280 mm) gun • 10 × 9 in (230 mm) guns • 1 × 60-pounder gun • 2 × 20-pounder guns |
The first USS Omaha was laid down in 1867 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard as Astoria; launched 10 June 1869; she was renamed Omaha on 10 August 1869; and commissioned 12 September 1872, Captain John C. Febiger in command.
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Service history
Atlantic Stations, 1873–1879
Omaha's first assignment was with the South Atlantic Squadron, and she served alternately on South and North Atlantic Stations from 1873 to 1879. From 1880 to 1884, Omaha was laid up in ordinary at Philadelphia, for a complete refit. By 1885 she was en route to the Asiatic Station via Cape Horn.
Asiatic Station, 1885–1891
Omaha served on the Asiatic Station from 1885 to 1891. In 1890, on the night of 8 February, she put ashore a detachment of officers and men to assist in fighting an extensive fire in the town of Hodogaya, Japan, on request of the United States Consul-General.
Marine Hospital Service, 1891–1914
In 1891, Omaha returned to Mare Island Navy Yard, where she decommissioned and was placed in ordinary. She never recommissioned, but later was turned over to the Marine Hospital Service, (which later became the U.S.Public Health Service) and subsequently anchored at Angel Island, California for use as a quarantine barge. Omaha served in this capacity until 1914, after which she was scrapped.
References
- Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: USS Omaha
- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
