Three of the ships John B. Montgomery commanded at one time or another also participated in the Civil War. They were the USS Portsmouth during the Mexican War, the USS Roanoke before the Civil War and the USS Lancaster in the early part of the war.
I will write about the Civil War service of each one.
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USS Portsmouth
(1843-1878)
The second ship to bear the name USS Portsmouth. Built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, across from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Launched in 1843 and commissioned in 1844 with John Berrien Montgomery commanding.
It was a sailing wooden sloop of war.
It was 151 feet 10 inches long, had a beam of 37 feet 3 inches and a crew of 227. Armament consisted of eighteen 32-pdrs. and two 64-pdr shell guns.
--Old B-Runner
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