List of sloops of war of the United States Navy



This is a list of sloops of war of the United States Navy.

Sailing sloops of war

 * USS Adams (1799), scuttled 3 September 1814 to prevent capture
 * USS Albany (1846), lost after 28–29 September 1854 with approx. 197 aboard
 * USS Alligator (1813), captured 14 December 1814
 * USS Belle Italia (1862)
 * USS Boston (1825), wrecked 15 November 1846, no fatalities
 * USS Brockenborough (1862), wrecked 27 May 1863
 * USS Concord (1828), wrecked 2 November 1842, 3 killed
 * USS Constellation (1854)
 * USS Cyane (1837)
 * USS Dale (1839)
 * USS Decatur (1839)
 * USS Eagle (1812)
 * USS Epervier (1814), lost in July or August 1815 with 134 aboard
 * USS Erie (1813)
 * USS Fair American (1812)
 * USS Fairfield (1828)
 * USS Falmouth (1827)
 * USS Fly (1776), burned to prevent capture November 1777
 * USS Frolic (1813), captured 20 April 1814
 * USS G. L. Brockenborough (1862), wrecked 27 May 1863
 * USS Ganges (1794)
 * USS Germantown (1846), scuttled 20 April 1861
 * USS Granite (1862)
 * USS Growler (1812 sloop)
 * USS Hamilton (1812), foundered 8 August 1813, 42 killed
 * USS Hornet (1775), captured 27 April 1777
 * USS Hornet (1805 sloop)
 * USS Hornet (1805 brig), foundered with the loss of all hands 10 September 1829
 * USS Independence (1776 sloop), wrecked 24 April 1778
 * USS Jamestown (1844)
 * USS Julia (1863)
 * USS Levant (1837), lost with all hands after 18 September 1860
 * USS Lexington (1825)
 * USS Louisiana (1812)
 * USS Marion (1839)
 * USS Maryland (1799)
 * USS Natchez (1827)
 * USS Ohio (1812), captured 12 August 1814
 * USS Ontario (1813)
 * USS Peacock (1813)
 * USS Peacock (1828), wrecked 17–19 July 1841, no fatalities
 * USS Plymouth (1844)
 * USS Portsmouth (1843)
 * USS Preble (1839), burned and exploded 27 April 1863
 * USS President (1812), captured 1814
 * USS Providence (1775), destroyed to prevent capture 14 August 1779
 * USS Rosalie (1863)
 * USS Saratoga (1842)
 * USS Scourge (1804)
 * USS Scourge (1812), foundered 8 August 1813, 42 killed
 * USS St. Louis (1828)
 * USS St. Mary's (1844)
 * USS Ticonderoga (1814)
 * USS Trippe (1812), captured October 1813
 * USS Trumbull (1799)
 * USS Vandalia (1828)
 * USS Vincennes (1826)
 * USS Warren (1827)
 * USS Wasp (1807), captured 15 October 1812
 * USS Wasp (1813)
 * USS Wasp (1814), lost with all hands October 1814
 * USS Yorktown (1839), wrecked 6 September 1850, no fatalities

Marion class

 * USS Marion (1839)

Saranac class

 * USS Saranac (1848), wrecked 18 June 1875, no fatalities

Wyoming class

 * USS Wyoming (1859)
 * USS Tuscarora (1861)

Dacotah class

 * USS Dacotah (1859)

Seminole class

 * USS Seminole (1859)
 * USS Narragansett (1859)

Saginaw class

 * USS Saginaw (1859), wrecked 29 October 1870 at Kure Atoll, 4 later killed while sailing for help

Pocahontas class

 * USS Pocahontas (1852)

Hartford class

 * USS Brooklyn (1858)
 * USS Hartford (1858)
 * USS Richmond (1860)
 * USS Lancaster (1858)
 * USS Pensacola (1859)

Mohican class

 * USS Kearsarge (1861), wrecked 2 February 1894, no fatalities
 * USS Mohican (1859)
 * USS Iroquois (1859)
 * USS Oneida (1861), sunk in collision 24 January 1870, 125 killed
 * USS Tuscarora (1861)
 * USS Wachusett (1861)

Contoocook class

 * USS Contoocook (1864) renamed USS Albany
 * USS Manitou (1866) renamed USS Worcester
 * USS Mosholu (1867) renamed USS Severn
 * USS Pushmataha renamed USS Cambridge and USS Congress (1868)
 * USS Pompanoosuc (not launched)

Java class

 * USS Antietam (1875)
 * USS Guerriere (1865)
 * USS Illinois (1864)
 * USS Java (1863)
 * USS Kewaydin (1869)
 * USS Minnetonka (1867)
 * USS Ontario (1863)

Ossipee class

 * USS Ossipee (1861)
 * USS Adirondack (1861), wrecked 23 August 1862, no fatalities
 * USS Juniata (1862)
 * USS Housatonic (1861), sunk by submarine 17 February 1864, 5 killed

Sacramento class

 * USS Canandaigua (1862)
 * USS Monongahela (1862)
 * USS Sacramento (1862), wrecked 19 June 1867, no fatalities
 * USS Shenandoah (1862)

Ticonderoga class

 * USS Ticonderoga (1863)
 * USS Lackawanna (1862)

Alaska class

 * USS Alaska (1868)
 * USS Benicia (1868) formerly USS Algoma
 * USS Plymouth (1867) formerly USS Kenosha
 * USS Omaha (1869) formerly USS Astoria

Swatara class

 * USS Resaca (1865)
 * USS Swatara (1865)
 * USS Quinnebaug (1866)
 * USS Nantasket (1867)

Galena class

 * USS Mohican (1883)
 * USS Quinnebaug (1875)
 * USS Swatara (1873)

Vandalia class

 * USS Vandalia (1876), wrecked during the Apia cyclone at Samoa 16 March 1889, 43 killed
 * USS Mohican (1883)

Adams class

 * USS Enterprise (1874)
 * USS Adams (1874)
 * USS Alliance (1877)
 * USS Nipsic, rebuilt 1879, wrecked during the Apia cyclone at Samoa 16 March 1889, 8 killed, rebuilt
 * USS Essex (1876), later classified as IX-10

Alert class

 * USS Alert (AS-4) (1875), later classified as AS-4
 * USS Huron (1875), wrecked 24 November 1877, 98 killed
 * USS Ranger (1876), later classified as PG-23, IX-18