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USS Hartford

Ship
USS Hartford, a sloop-of-war steamer, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. Hartford served in several prominent campaigns in the American Civil War as the flagship of David G. Farragut, most... Wikipedia
Launched: November 22, 1858
Length: 225′
Beam: 44′
Armament: 20 × 9 in (230 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns; 2 × 20-pounder Parrott rifles; 2 × 12-pounder guns
Commissioned: 27 May 1859
Draft: 17 ft 2 in (5.23 m)