USS Electra (sailing storeship, 1847)

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Class:        ELECTRA
Design:        Sail (bark)
Displacement (tons):        248 (tonnage)
Dimensions (feet):        100.0' x 25.0' x 11.0' depth
Original Armament:        2 guns
Later armaments:        --
Complement:        21
Speed (kts.):        --
Propulsion (HP):        N/A
Machinery:        Sail, bark rig

Construction:

AF	Name	Acq.	Builder	Keel	Launch	Commiss.
--	ELECTRA	15 Jan 47	Philadelphia, Pa.	--	1843	19 Mar 47

Disposition:

AF	Name	Decomm.	Strike	Disposal	Fate	MA Sale
--	ELECTRA	27 Oct 48	--	Nov 1848	Sold	--

Class Notes:
The bark ROLLA was built in 1843 at Philadelphia. She was purchased by the Navy Department in January 1847 for $17,000 for use in the Mexican War and was renamed ELECTRA. Fitted out at the New York Navy Yard, she sailed in April 1847 to join the Home Squadron in the Gulf of Mexico. Between May and September she served there as a storeship, delivering provisions and supplies to ships of the squadron. This relatively small storeship arrived at New York on 7 October 1848 with surplus supplies, was decommissioned on 27 October, and was sold in the following November.

Ship Notes:

AF	Name	Notes
--	ELECTRA	Ex merc. ROLLA. Sold in November 1848.