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{{short description|Sloops-of-war of the United States Navy}}
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{{other ships|USS Omaha}}
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{{more footnotes needed|date=August 2009}}
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{|{{Infobox ship begin}}
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|{{USN flag|1891}}
{{Infobox ship image
|-
|Ship image=[[Image:Omaha Starboard Profile.jpg|300px|USS Omaha]]
|Laid down:
|Ship caption=
|1867, as ''Astoria''
}}
|-
{{Infobox ship career
|Launched:
|Hide header=
|[[10 June]] [[1869]]
|Ship country=United States
|-
|Ship flag= {{USN flag|1891}}
|Commissioned:
|Ship name=USS ''Omaha''
|[[12 September]] [[1872]]
|Ship namesake=
|-
|Ship ordered=
|Decommissioned:
|Ship builder= [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]]
|1891
|Ship laid down=1867, as ''Astoria''
|-
|Ship launched=10 June 1869
|Fate:
|Ship acquired=
|Sold,
|Ship commissioned=12 September 1872
|-
|Ship decommissioned=1891
|Struck:
|Ship in service=
|[[10 July]] [[1914]]
|Ship out of service=
|-
|Ship struck=10 July 1914
!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|General characteristics
|Ship renamed=
|-
|Ship reclassified=
|Displacement:
|Ship homeport=
|2,394 tons
|Ship motto=
|-
|Ship nickname=
|Length:
|Ship honors=
|250 ft 6 in (76 m)
|Ship fate=Sold
|-
|Ship notes=
|Beam:
}}
|38 ft (11.6 m)
{{Infobox ship characteristics
|-
|Hide header=
|Draught:
|Header caption=
|17 ft 6 in (5.3 m)
|Ship type= [[Screw sloop]]
|-
|Ship displacement= {{convert|2394|LT|t|0|abbr=on}}
|Propulsion:
|Ship length= {{convert|250|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
|
|Ship beam= {{convert|38|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|-
|Ship draft= {{convert|17|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Speed:
|Ship depth=
|11.3 knots (21 km/h)
|Ship hold depth=
|-
|Ship propulsion=
|Complement:
|Ship speed= {{convert|11.3|kn|lk=in}}
|
|Ship boats=
|-
|Ship capacity=
|Armament:
|Ship troops=
|1 × 11 in (279 mm), 10 × 9 in (229 mm), 1 × 60 pdr (27 kg), 2 × 20 pdr (9 kg)
|Ship complement=
|Ship armament=*1 × {{convert|11|in|mm|abbr=on}} gun
*10 × {{convert|9|in|mm|abbr=on}} guns
*1 × 60-pounder gun
*2 × 20-pounder guns
|Ship armor=
|Ship notes=
}}
|}
|}
The first '''USS ''Omaha''''' was laid down in 1867 by the [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]] as ''Astoria''; launched 10 June 1869; she was renamed ''Omaha'' on 10 August 1869; and commissioned 12 September 1872, Captain [[John C. Febiger]] in command.


==Service history==
The first '''USS ''Omaha''''' was laid down in 1867 by the [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]] as ''Astoria''; launched [[10 June]] [[1869]]; she was renamed ''Omaha'' on [[10 August]] [[1869]]; and commissioned [[12 September]] [[1872]], Captain [[John C. Febiger]] in command.
===Atlantic Stations, 1873–1879===
''Omaha's'' first assignment was with the [[South Atlantic Squadron]], and she served alternately on [[South Atlantic Station|South]] and [[North Atlantic Station]]s from 1873 to 1879. From 1880 to 1884, ''Omaha'' was laid up in ordinary at [[Philadelphia]], for a complete refit. By 1885 she was en route to the [[Asiatic Station]] via [[Cape Horn]].


===Statue of Liberty, 1885===
''Omaha's'' first assignment was with the [[South Atlantic Squadron]], and she served alternately on [[South Atlantic Station|South]] and [[North Atlantic Station]]s from 1873 to 1879. From 1880 to 1884, ''Omaha'' was laid up in ordinary at [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], for a complete refit. By 1885 she was en route to the [[Asiatic Station]] via [[Cape Horn]].
Captain [[Thomas Oliver Selfridge Jr.]], of the U. S. man-of-war Omaha, delegated a lieutenant to present his compliments to Captain De Saune, the French commander of the Isère, laden with the [[Statue of Liberty]], and suggest that [[Gravesend, Brooklyn|Gravesend Bay]] would be a safer anchorage than the [[Sandy Hook, New Jersey|Sandy Hook]] Horseshoe.<ref>
{{Cite news
| date = 1885-06-18
| title = Arrival of the Big Statue
| url = https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2F1.800.gay%3A443%2Fhttps%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%25206%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%25201885%2520Apr%2520-%2520Jun%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%25201885%2520Apr%2520-%2520Jun%2520Grayscale%2520-%25200671.pdf%23xml%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2F1.800.gay%3A443%2Fhttps%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffff82744847%26DocId%3D11974702%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D4%26hits%3D2fd%2B2fe%2B2ff%2B587%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=https%3A%2F%2F1.800.gay%3A443%2Fhttps%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%25206%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%25201885%2520Apr%2520-%2520Jun%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%25201885%2520Apr%2520-%2520Jun%2520Grayscale%2520-%25200671.pdf&xml=https%3A%2F%2F1.800.gay%3A443%2Fhttps%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffff82744847%26DocId%3D11974702%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D4%26hits%3D2fd%2B2fe%2B2ff%2B587%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false
| work = New York Tribune
| location= New York
| access-date = 2020-01-24
| language = en-US
| quote = Captain Selfridge, of the United States man-of-war Omaha, late in the day sent a lieutenant in a steam launch to board the Isere and present his compliments to Captain De Saune.
}}</ref>


===Asiatic Station, 1885&ndash;1891===
''Omaha'' served on the Asiatic Station from 1885 to 1891. In 1890, on the night of [[8 February]], she put ashore a detachment of officers and men to assist in fighting an extensive fire in the town of [[Hodogaya]], [[Japan]], on request of the United States Consul-General.
''Omaha'' served on the [[Asiatic Station]] from 1885 to 1891. In 1887, the captain of the ship, Thomas O. Selfridge Jr., conducted target practice off the coast of the Japanese island of Ikeshima which resulted in the deaths of four Japanese and the wounding of seven others. This created an international incident but Selfridge was acquitted at a court martial in 1888. In 1890, on the night of 8 February, she put ashore a detachment of officers and men to assist in fighting an extensive fire in the town of [[Hodogaya]], [[Japan]], on request of the United States Consul-General.


===Marine Hospital Service, 1891&ndash;1914===
In 1891, ''Omaha'' returned to [[Mare Island Navy Yard]], where she decommissioned and was placed in ordinary. She never recommissioned, but later was turned over to the [[Marine Hospital Service]], (which later became the U.S.[[Public Health Service]]) and subsequently anchored at [[Angel Island, California]] for use as a quarantine barge. ''Omaha'' served in this capacity until 1914, after which she was scrapped.
In 1891, ''Omaha'' returned to [[Mare Island Navy Yard]], where she decommissioned and was placed [[in ordinary]]. She never recommissioned, but later was turned over to the [[Marine Hospital Service]], (which later became the U.S.[[Public Health Service]]) and subsequently anchored at [[Angel Island, California]] for use as a [[Lazaretto|quarantine barge]]. ''Omaha'' served in this capacity until 1914, after which she was scrapped.


==See also==
See [[USS Omaha|USS ''Omaha'']] for other ships of this name.
*[[List of sloops of war of the United States Navy]]
*[[Bibliography of early American naval history]]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-o/omaha.htm US Naval History website]
*[http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-o/omaha.htm Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: USS ''Omaha'']
*{{DANFS}}
*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/o2/omaha-i.htm}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://web4homes.com/rendezvous/omaha.htm Pictures & history of USS Omaha]
*[http://web4homes.com/rendezvous/omaha.htm Pictures & history of USS Omaha]


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Latest revision as of 17:02, 7 July 2023

For other ships with the same name, see USS Omaha.
USS Omaha
History
United States
NameUSS Omaha
BuilderPhiladelphia Navy Yard
Laid down1867, as Astoria
Launched10 June 1869
Commissioned12 September 1872
Decommissioned1891
Stricken10 July 1914
FateSold
General characteristics
TypeScrew sloop
Displacement2,394 long tons (2,432 t)
Length250 ft 6 in (76.35 m)
Beam38 ft (12 m)
Draft17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Speed11.3 knots (20.9 km/h; 13.0 mph)
Armament
  • 1 × 11 in (280 mm) gun
  • 10 × 9 in (230 mm) guns
  • 1 × 60-pounder gun
  • 2 × 20-pounder guns

The first USS Omaha was laid down in 1867 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard as Astoria; launched 10 June 1869; she was renamed Omaha on 10 August 1869; and commissioned 12 September 1872, Captain John C. Febiger in command.

Service history

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Atlantic Stations, 1873–1879

[edit]

Omaha's first assignment was with the South Atlantic Squadron, and she served alternately on South and North Atlantic Stations from 1873 to 1879. From 1880 to 1884, Omaha was laid up in ordinary at Philadelphia, for a complete refit. By 1885 she was en route to the Asiatic Station via Cape Horn.

Statue of Liberty, 1885

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Captain Thomas Oliver Selfridge Jr., of the U. S. man-of-war Omaha, delegated a lieutenant to present his compliments to Captain De Saune, the French commander of the Isère, laden with the Statue of Liberty, and suggest that Gravesend Bay would be a safer anchorage than the Sandy Hook Horseshoe.[1]

Asiatic Station, 1885–1891

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Omaha served on the Asiatic Station from 1885 to 1891. In 1887, the captain of the ship, Thomas O. Selfridge Jr., conducted target practice off the coast of the Japanese island of Ikeshima which resulted in the deaths of four Japanese and the wounding of seven others. This created an international incident but Selfridge was acquitted at a court martial in 1888. In 1890, on the night of 8 February, she put ashore a detachment of officers and men to assist in fighting an extensive fire in the town of Hodogaya, Japan, on request of the United States Consul-General.

Marine Hospital Service, 1891–1914

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In 1891, Omaha returned to Mare Island Navy Yard, where she decommissioned and was placed in ordinary. She never recommissioned, but later was turned over to the Marine Hospital Service, (which later became the U.S.Public Health Service) and subsequently anchored at Angel Island, California for use as a quarantine barge. Omaha served in this capacity until 1914, after which she was scrapped.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Arrival of the Big Statue". New York Tribune. New York. 1885-06-18. Retrieved 2020-01-24. Captain Selfridge, of the United States man-of-war Omaha, late in the day sent a lieutenant in a steam launch to board the Isere and present his compliments to Captain De Saune.
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