USS Trenton (1876)
Admiral James Edward Jouett (second from left) and others inspecting USS Trenton in 1886 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Trenton |
| Namesake | Trenton, New Jersey |
| Builder | New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York |
| Laid down | 1875 |
| Launched | 1 January 1876 |
| Commissioned | 14 February 1877 |
| Decommissioned | 9 November 1881 |
| Recommissioned | 19 September 1883 |
| Decommissioned | 17 September 1886 |
| Recommissioned | 16 May 1887 |
| Fate | Wrecked 16 March 1889 |
| Stricken | 13 April 1891 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Screw steamer |
| Displacement | 3,800 long tons (3,900 t) |
| Length | 253 ft (77 m) |
| Beam | 48 ft (15 m) |
| Draft | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
| Complement | 477 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 11 × 8 in (200 mm) muzzle-loading rifles, 2 × 20 pdr (9.1 kg) breech-loading rifles |
The first USS Trenton was a wooden-hulled screw steamer, classified as a screw frigate, in the United States Navy. She was named for Trenton, New Jersey.
Trenton was laid down by the New York Navy Yard in 1875; launched on 1 January 1876; sponsored by Miss Katherine M. Parker; and commissioned on 14 February 1877, Captain John Lee Davis in command.
The Trenton was the first US naval vessel to use electric lights, which were installed in 1883.