Campbell, 1849

Nov. 18, 2020
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CAMPBELL (JOE LANE), 1849


TYPE/RIG/CLASS: Campbell

BUILDER: Graves & Ferrebee, Portsmouth, Virginia

LAUNCHED:    7 July 1849

COMPLETED: Delivered 30 July 1849

DISPOSITION: Sold 1869

DISPLACEMENT: 155 tons (contract)

LENGTH: 102 feet

BEAM: 23 feet

DRAFT: 9 feet, 7 inches

RIG: Topsail schooner

COMPLEMENT:

ARMAMENT: One 18-pdr, two 32-pdrs (CAMPBELL, 1849), one 32-pdr, one 24-pdr (DUANE, 1861)


REMARKS:

These cutters were built by contract.  The DUANE and the CRAWFORD cost $16,700 total.  Dimensions given here are from the CAMPBELL (JOE LANE), the only ones remaining of the class.  The vessels dispensed with hammock rails and heavy head in favor of a clipper bow and hammock lockers.

This cutter was severely damaged in 1851 and repaired in Norfolk, VA.  In 1855 her name was changed to the JOE LANE (yet another CAMPBELL had been built), and she was sent to Oregon.  She remained on the West Coast until sold at Port Townsend, WA.


SOURCES:

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.  Washington, DC: USGPO.

Donald Canney.  U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935.  Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1995.

U.S. Coast Guard.  Record of Movements: Vessels of the United States Coast Guard: 1790 - December 31, 1933.  Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934; 1989 (reprint).