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USS Hartford:
Hartford's first role was as flagship of the East India Station. Her tour was cut short by the outbreak of the Civil War. Refitted at Philadelphia, Hartford became the flagship of David G. Farragut for operations against New Orleans and then against Mobile.
After the war, Hartford cruised in the Pacific and Asiatic stations. In 1899, she returned to the Atlantic and for 12 years served as a training ship at the Naval Academy. Placed out of commission in 1926, she was berthed at Charleston, South Carolina; Washington, DC; and, finally, Norfolk, Virginia, where she sank in 1956. |