USS Saratoga (1842)

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USS Saratoga (known in Japan as one of Perry's Black Ships)
History
United States
Name	USS Saratoga
Namesake	Battle of Saratoga, 1777
Builder	Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	1841
Launched	26 July 1842
Commissioned	4 January 1843
Decommissioned	10 December 1844
Recommissioned	15 March 1845
Decommissioned	7 January 1847
Recommissioned	early 1847
Decommissioned	26 February 1848
Recommissioned	10 April 1848
Decommissioned	30 November 1849
Recommissioned	12 August 1850
Decommissioned	10 October 1854
Recommissioned	6 September 1855
Decommissioned	early 1858
Recommissioned	early 1858
Decommissioned	26 June 1860
Recommissioned	5 November 1860
Decommissioned	25 August 1861
Recommissioned	24 June 1863
Decommissioned	28 April 1865
Recommissioned	1 October 1867
Decommissioned	7 July 1869
Recommissioned	16 May 1871
Decommissioned	14 October 1871
Recommissioned	1 May 1875
Decommissioned	7 May 1876
Recommissioned	19 May 1877
Decommissioned	8 October 1888
Fate	Loaned to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for use as maritime school ship 1890–1907; Sold for scrapping 4 August 1907
General characteristics
Type	Sloop-of-war
Tonnage	882
Length	146 ft 4 in (44.60 m)
Beam	35 ft 3 in (10.74 m)
Draft	16 ft 3.5 in (4.966 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	210 officers and men
Armament	4 × 8 in (200 mm) shell guns 18 × 32-pounder guns
Notes	Ivory Coast Expedition Battle of Little Bereby Mexican–American War Mosquito Fleet Campaign Opening of Japan Bombardment of Edo Reform War Battle of Anton Lizardo African Slave Trade Patrol Capture of the Nightingale Blockade of the South

USS Saratoga, a sloop-of-war, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of Saratoga of the American Revolutionary War. Her keel was laid down in the summer of 1841 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 26 July 1842 and commissioned on 4 January 1843 with Commander Josiah Tattnall III in command.