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ReliefU.S. Ship Relief
A storeship built specifically for the U.S. Exploring Expedition. It was sent home from Callao, Peru, by way of Hawaii and Sydney, Australia, August 1839. Arrived in New York, March 28, 1840.


Year of Launch:
1836
Type of Vessel:
storeship
Displacement:
468 t
Length:
109'
Beam:
30'
Depth in Hold:
12'
Guns:
6
Speed (knots):
8.5
Crew:
75
Original Purpose:
storeship

Information compiled from Magnificent Voyagers: The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, edited by Herman J. Viola and Carolnn Margolis (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 1985), Appendix I "Charcteristics of Selected Exploring Vessles" compiled by Philip K. Lundeberg; Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discover, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 by Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking, New York, 2003), and The great United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842 by William Stanton (University of California Press, Berkeley, 1975); The Wilkes Expedition: The First United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) by David B. Tyler (The American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1968).

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