User:Gatoclass/SB/Chase class/USRC Samuel P. Chase

Construction and design
Chase, a 500-ton sidewheel steamer, was built in Williamsburg, New York in 1865 by Thomas Stack. Chase was 170 ft in length, with a beam of 28 ft and draft of 10 ft. Her wooden hull was strengthened with diagonal iron bracing. Her powerplant, a 48-inch bore by 9-foot stroke vertical beam steam engine, was built by the Fulton Iron Works of New York. While Chase's speed is not recorded, it was probably similar to that of her sister ship Sherman which achieved a sustained speed of 18 knots in trials.

Chase was armed with a single 30-pounder gun, two 24-pounders and three 4-pounders. She was manned by a crew complement of 40 officers and enlisted men.

refs

 * uscg history sold 1875


 * ka-ching! built by stack, also admiral -glhistory
 * may 1866 dimensions, engine armament engine builder etc -glhistory
 * may 1866 having wintered at ogdensburg, leaves for oswego for coal -glh
 * may 27 1866 fenian raid 3 companies no orders received for chase yet - gnews
 * 1866 fenian raid - chase armament, ordered to sink fenian raiders - gnews
 * 1866 fenian raid "I have just returned from a visit to the United States revenue cutter Michi- ... are anchored in the stream under the guns of the revenue cutter SP Chase. ..." ppv
 * 1866 fenian raid jun 5 "The commander of the United States revenue cutter SP Chase has ordered all boats and other vessels in the bar. bor of Ogdensburg to move off shore and ..." -ppv
 * aug 1866 race with spartan -glh


 * 1869 only fessenden active, chase, sherman, johnson all out of commission; also captains -nyt


 * 1869 proposed transfer to Boston -ppv
 * nov 1869 captain dies -nyt
 * 1870 placed in commission for protection of Ogdensburg from Fenian invasion
 * 28 may 1870 or maybe not -gnews
 * oct 1870 preparing tows, inspection by public -glh
 * oct 1870 point frederick -glh
 * jul 1871 officers armament -glh
 * aug 1871 grounded tug towed off -glh
 * sep 1871 rescues several canadian ships controversy -glh


 * [* sep 1872 tows ships -glh
 * oct 1872 to resuce schooner t. martins -glh
 * oct 1872 degrounds schooner, steamer -glh
 * jul 73 change of captains -nyt
 * "Tbe cutter Chase, of which ho bad command, bas been laid up at Ogdeneburg dar- ing tha winter, but the officers remamud with, her. Capt. ..." -ppv
 * sept 1875 admiral description -glh
 * sep 1875 steamer admiral description speed etc -glh


 * feb 1876 admiral sold -glh


 * admiral burned 1904 -glh

ppv

 * jun 5 1866 "The commander of the United States revenue cutter SP Chase has ordered all boats and other vessels in the bar. bor of Ogdensburg to move off shore and ..."


 * oct 1872 "... is ashore on the bar at Fair Haven with loss of rudder The cutter Chase has one up toet her off We learn that the Georgelienry is ashore at Stoney Creek ... " -pqa


 * captain webster d. -pqa


 * apr 1880 grant to visit haiti