US Navy Dispositions, September 1861

The following has been culled from the official records. It is dated 30^th September 1861.

Atlantic Blockading Squadron (13 ships)

Roanoke and Minnesota (40 gun screw frigates)

Susquehanna (15 gun 1^st class paddlewheel sloop)

Iroquois (6 gun 2^nd class paddlewheel sloop)

Potomac, Congress, St. Lawrence and Sabine (50 gun sailing frigates)

Cumberland and Savannah (24 gun sailing sloops)

Jamestown (22 gun sailing sloop)

Vandalia (20 gun sailing sloop)

Dale (16 gun sailing sloop)

South Atlantic Blockading Squadron (1 ship)

Wabash (40 gun screw frigate)

Gulf Blockading Squadron (12 ships)

Niagara (12 gun screw “corvette” – actually a “battlecruiser”)

Colorado (40 gun screw frigate)

Richmond (14 gun 1^st class screw sloop)

Mississippi and Potowan (11 gun 1^st class paddlewheel sloops)

Mohawk (5 gun 3^rd class screw steamer)

Water Witch (3 gun 3^rd class paddlewheel steamer)

Macedonian (22 gun sailing sloop)

Vincennes and St. Louis (20 gun sailing sloops)

Marion and Preble (16 gun sailing sloops)

Supply (4 gun storeship)

Potomac Flotilla (5 ships)

Pocahontas (5 gun 2^nd class screw sloop)

Pawnee (4 gun 2^nd class screw sloop)

Seminole (3 gun 2^nd class screw sloop)

Anacostia (1 gun screw tender)

Perry (6 gun sailing brig)

Pacific Squadron (4 ships)

Lancaster (22 gun 1^st class screw sloop)

Saranac (9 gun 1^st class paddlewheel sloop)

St. Mary’s (22 gun sailing sloop)

Cyane (20 gun sailing sloop)

(Narragansett preparing to join squadron (5 gun 2^nd class screw sloop))

Panama Squadron (3 ships)

Bainbridge (6 gun sailing brig)

Falmouth (Unarmed stores ship)

Warren (Unarmed receiving ship)

East Indies Squadron (3 ships)

Hartford (16 gun 1^st class screw sloop)

Dacotah (6 gun 2^nd class screw sloop)

Saginaw (3 gun 3^rd class paddlewheel steamer)

John Adams (20 gun sailing sloop)

African Squadron (4 ships)

San Jacinto (13 gun 1^st class screw sloop)

Sumter and Mystic (5 gun 3^rd class screw steamers)

Saratoga (20 gun sailing sloop)

Relief (2 gun stores ship)

Great Lakes Squadron (1 ship)

Michigan (1 gun 3^rd class paddlewheel steamer, 1 gun)

Brazil Squadron (1 ship)

Pulaski (1 gun 3^rd class paddlewheel steamer)

Guardships

Annapolis, Maryland

Alleghany (Unarmed receiving ship)

Boston

Ohio (84 gun sail of the line, used as receiving ship)

Mare Island, California

Independence (Now unarmed sail of the line)

New York

Mohican (6 gun 2^nd class screw frigate)

North Carolina (84 gun sail of the line, used as receiving ship)

Brandywine (50 gun sailing frigate)

Release (1 gun stores ship)

Philadelphia

Princeton (Unarmed receiving ship)

Rhode Island

Constitution (50 gun sailing frigate)

Ships in Ordinary/ Reserve

Boston

Vermont and Virginia (84 gun sail of the lines)

Kittery

Alabama (84 gun sail of the line)

New York

Wyandotte (5 gun 3^rd class screw steamer)

Crusader (8 gun 3^rd class screw steamer)

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Constellation and Portsmouth (20 gun sailing sloops)

Philadelphia

Brooklyn (25 gun 1^st class screw sloop)

San Francisco

Decateur (16 gun sailing sloop)

John Hancock (3 gun screw tender)

Washington, DC

Pensacola (19 gun 1^st class screw sloop)

Sources

http://www.americahurrah.com/OfficialRegister/Navy/Intro.htm