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Cyane

USS Cyane

Survived

United States Navy

TypeSloop
WarMexican–American War
Main guns18 × 32-pounder guns

Sloop of war. Under Samuel Du Pont she took San Diego in 1846 and later fought along the Gulf of California and at Mazatlán.

Title: The USS Cyane Taking Possession Of San Diego, 1846. Oil on canvas laid to canvas. Signed lower left: Carlton T. Chapman, titled by repute. 20.25" H x 24.25" W. Photo: Carlton Theodore Chapman (1860-1925), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 18 × 32-pounder guns
  • 4 × 24-pounder guns
BuilderBoston Navy Yard
Launched2 December 1837
CommissionedMay 1838
Length132 ft 4 in (40.34 m)
Complement200 officers and enlisted

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

2 December 1837

7 July 1846

11 November 1847

Fate

Survived

Sold, 30 July 1887