USS Flying Fish (1838)
USS Flying Fish was formerly the New York City pilot boat schooner Independence. Purchased by the United States Navy at New York City on 3 August 1838 and upon joining her squadron in Hampton Roads on 12 August 1838, she was placed under command of Passed Midshipman S. R. Knox.
The Flying Fish as drawn by Alfred Thomas Agate | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Flying Fish |
| Namesake | Flying Fish |
| Builder | Jabex & Williams |
| Launched | 11 March 1837 |
| Acquired | 3 August 1838 |
| In service | 12 August 1838 |
| Out of service | 26 February 1842 |
| Renamed | From Independence to Flying Fish |
| Fate | Sold |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 96 tons |
| Length | 85 ft 6 in (26.06 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) |
| Sail plan | 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m) maintop mast |
| Complement | 15 |
| Armament | 2 guns |
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