USS Trenton (1876)

Admiral James Edward Jouett (second from left) and others inspecting USS Trenton in 1886.
History
United States
Name	USS Trenton
Namesake	Trenton, New Jersey
Builder	New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York
Laid down	1875
Launched	1 January 1876
Commissioned	14 February 1877
Decommissioned	9 November 1881
Recommissioned	19 September 1883
Decommissioned	17 September 1886
Recommissioned	16 May 1887
Fate	Wrecked 16 March 1889
Stricken	13 April 1891
General characteristics
Type	Screw steamer
Displacement	3,800 long tons (3,900 t)
Length	253 ft (77 m)
Beam	48 ft (15 m)
Draft	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Propulsion	Steam engine
Speed	14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement	477 officers and enlisted
Armament	11 × 8 in (200 mm) muzzle-loading rifles, 2 × 20 pdr (9.1 kg) breech-loading rifles

The first USS Trenton was a wooden-hulled screw steamer, classified as a screw frigate, in the United States Navy. She was named for Trenton, New Jersey.

Trenton was laid down by the New York Navy Yard in 1875; launched on 1 January 1876; sponsored by Miss Katherine M. Parker; and commissioned on 14 February 1877, Captain John Lee Davis in command.

The Trenton was the first US naval vessel to use electric lights, which were installed in 1883.