USS massachusettsMassachusetts, 1849-1867
USS massachusettsMassachusetts was a wooden steamship of the US Navy.1
It originally operated as a trans-Atlantic auxiliary packet ship and was later used
to transport troops during the Mexican War.2 It took part in the Puget Sound War, and spent most of the years 1855-57 along the
Pacific Coast of North America.3 It was converted into a barque for use as a storeship in 1863, and was eventually
sold in 1867.4
This 1856 despatch mentions its arrival to Victoria.
- 1. Massachusetts, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
- 2. Ibid.
- 3. Ibid.
- 4. Ibid.