Ships
1845-1849
- Independence, frigate (razee); 54 guns, ~500 crew,
- Congress, frigate; 44 guns, 480 crew
- Savannah, frigate; 44 guns, 480 crew
- Columbus, ship of the line; 74 guns, 780 crew
- Portsmouth, sloop; 20 guns, 200 crew
- Cyane, sloop; 20 guns, 200 crew
- Levant, sloop; 20 guns, 200 crew
- Preble, sloop; 16 guns, 150 crew - Stevenson's convoy escort
- Erie, storeship (bark); 4 guns, ukn crew
- Relief, storeship; 408 tons, 6 guns, ukn crew
- Warren, storeship (sloop); 691 tons, 18 guns, ukn crew
- Brutus, storeship - for Stevenson's regiment, chartered?
- Libertad, Schooner; ukn guns, ~20 crew
- plus other ships captured during the war against Mexico
1851
- Savannah, frigate; 44 guns, 480 crew
- Raritan, frigate; 44 guns, 480 crew
- Falmouth, sloop; 20 guns, 200 crew
- St. Mary's, sloop; 20 guns, 200 crew
- Vandalia, sloop; 20 guns, 200 crew
- Vincennes, sloop; 20 guns, 200 crew
- Warren, storeship (sloop); 20 guns, 200 crew
- Lexington, storeship
- Southampton, storeship
- Supply, storeship
- Massachusetts, steamer
1861-1865
1861
- Lancaster, screw sloop-of-war, 24 × 9 in (230 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns, 1 × 2 in (51 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren gun, 2 × 30-pounder Parrott rifles, 367 men
- Saranac, side wheel steam sloop-of-war, 9 × 8-inch guns, compliment unknown
- Wyoming, screw sloop-of-war, 2 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns, 1 × 60-pounder Parrott rifle, 3 × 32-pounder guns, 198 men
- Narragansett, 2nd class screw sloop-of-war, 1 × 11 in (280 mm) gun, 4 × 32-pounder guns, 50 men
- St. Mary's, sloop of war, 16 × 32-pounder guns, 6 × 8 in (200 mm) guns, 195 men
- Cyane, sloop 20 guns, 200 crew
- Camanche, Passaic-class monitor, 2 × 15 inch smoothbore cannons, 76 men
- Shubrick, lighthouse tender steamer
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