USS Powhatan

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Black_Ships
gptkb:Commodore_Perry's_Expedition
gptkbp:armament screw propeller
gptkbp:beam 43 ft
43 ft 0 in
gptkbp:class Powhatan-class frigate
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_John_A._Winslow
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:San_Francisco
1851
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
gptkb:Mare_Island
gptkbp:crew approximately 300
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:New_York
1865
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Gulf_of_Mexico
gptkbp:displacement 2,200 tons
gptkbp:draft_year 16 ft
16 ft 0 in
gptkbp:engine_type single screw
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
sold for scrapping
gptkbp:historical_role gptkb:battle
gptkbp:historical_significance first steam frigate in the US Navy
first steam-powered warship
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Borough
gptkb:New_York
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Powhatan
gptkbp:launched 1850
gptkbp:length gptkb:24
250 ft
250 ft 0 in
gptkbp:mission patrol duties
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Powhatan
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Old_Powhatan
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Fisher
gptkbp:notable_operations blockade duty
gptkbp:operational_area 14 years
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_Mobile_Bay
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:railway_line
gptkbp:range unlimited at sea
gptkbp:reunion 1863
gptkbp:role gptkb:starship
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Union_Navy
gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:service_years 1851-1865
gptkbp:services gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:significant_event Civil War blockade
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Minnesota
gptkbp:speed 13 knots
gptkbp:status scrapped
gptkbp:water_management 1867
gptkbp:year_created July 1851