Having been sold for scrap, she caught fire and sunk off the coast of Massachusetts in 1922.
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In 1816, Congress approved the building of this 74 gun ship, which was originally going to be called the Alabama, at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine. Although ready for launching in 1825, the ship would remain in the stocks and not launched into 1864, and renamed the USS New Hampshire, and was part of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
New Hampshire was decommissioned in 1892, and loaned out to the New York Naval Militia. In 1921, while lying idle, she caught fire an sank in the Hudson River, raised and sold for scrap. In 1922 New Hampshire was sold for scrap, and towed toward the Bay of Fundy, but during a storm, her tow line broke, she caught fire again and sunk of the coast of Massachusetts.
These spikes were made by the Revere Foundry (established originally by Paul Revere). These 10 inch copper spikes all had the “US” marking on them, and the “U” is the only letter visible. This spike shows the damage from the 1922 fire, with more molten copper attaching itself on the upper section. This spike as had a small copper plate added reading, “U.S.S. New Hampshire / 1817 – 1922.”
A neat old navy relic.
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| Weight | 1 lbs |
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