U.S. Sloop-of-Wai Vincennes 



Built in 1826 by Brooklyn Navy Yard, flagship for both Boston Navy Yard in 1865, Vincennes was sold for $8,600 in 

 Lieutenant Charles Wilkes' U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838 - 1867 at public sale. 

 1842) and Commodore Cadwalader Ringgold's Northern Pacific 

 and Arctic Surveying Expedition (1853 - 1856). Laid-up at 



Length: 127' Displacement: 780 tons 



U.S. Sloop-of-War Peacock 



Built in 1814 by New York Navy Yard. Peacock was assigned to grounded. Abandoned by her crew. Peacock pounded herself to 



the Wilkes' Exploring Expedition and while attempting to cross pieces. 



the bar at the mouth of the Columbia River in July 1841, she Length: 117' H" Displacement: 650 tons 



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