USS John Adams-- Part 1: Veteran of Six Wars

In my War of 1812 blog, I recently wrote about the USS John Adams which participated in that war and was still around and served during the Civil War.

From Wikipedia.

The John Adams was built by subscription by the people of Charleston, SC (as it turns out, they were probably not too happy about it later) in 1799 as a 30 gun frigate. In 1809, it was converted to a corvette and in 1830 back to a frigate.

It fought in the Quasi War with France both 1st and 2nd Barbary Wars, the War of 1812, Mexican War and finally the Civil War.

Quite a remarkable service record.

When the Civil War broke out, the USS John Adams was in Asia.

-- Old B-Runner