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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Saranac (1850-1875)
USS Saranac, a 2100-ton side-wheel steamer, was built
by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine. Launched in November
1848, she entered commissioned service in October 1850. Following
two years of operations off the Atlantic Coast, Saranac
transported a Brazilian diplomat home in October 1852 and remained
in the South Atlantic for several more months. She next deployed
to the Mediterranean Sea between November 1853 and June 1856.
An overhaul at the Philadelphia Navy Yard was followed, beginning
in September 1857, by a voyage around Cape Horn to the U.S. Pacific
Coast. Saranac remained in the Pacific for the rest of
her career. During the Civil War she was active protecting U.S.
commercial shipping from the threat of Confederate raiders. On
18 June 1875 USS Saranac was wrecked near Vancouver, British
Columbia.
This page features all the views we have concerning USS
Saranac.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 43748
USS Saranac (1850-1875)
At a harbor mooring.
Courtesy of the Bethlehem Steel Company Archives. Skerrett Collection.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 43997
USS Saranac (1850-1875)
Moored in a Pacific Coast harbor, during the 1870s.
Collection of Medical Inspector William E. Taylor, USN, who served
in this ship during 1872-1874. Donation of Mrs. William E. Taylor.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 76112
USS Saranac (1850-1875)
Moored off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, with the city
of Vallejo in the background, circa the later 1860s or early
1870s.
Collection of Edward F. Hauseman. Courtesy of Charles M. Loring,
1972.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 68685
Mare Island Navy Yard, California
View looking along the waterfront during the 1870s, with the
city of Vallejo on the opposite side of the channel.
Ships tied up at the Navy Yard include USS Saranac (left),
USS Independence (center), and a Revenue Cutter (right
center). Moored offshore are USS California (left) and
USS Pensacola (left center). The yard's floating drydock
is in the right distance.
Photograph from the William H. Topley collection. Courtesy of
Charles M. Loring, 1969.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 43998
USS Saranac (1850-1875)
Cartoon inscribed "Knife presented to P. Fitzsimmons with
compt. of W.R. (Wardroom) Mess of U.S.S. Saranac".
Assistant Surgeon Paul Fitzsimmons served in Saranac under
Surgeon William E. Taylor during 1872-1874.
Collection of Medical Inspector William E. Taylor, USN. Donation
of Mrs. William E. Taylor.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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