USS Pennsylvania (1837)

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USS Pennsylvania was a three-decked ship of the line of the United States Navy, rated at 130 guns, and named for the state of Pennsylvania. She was the largest United States sailing warship ever built, the equivalent of a first-rate of the British Royal Navy. Authorized in 1816 and launched in 1837, her only cruise was a single trip from Delaware Bay through the Chesapeake Bay to the Norfolk Navy Yard. The ship became a receiving ship, and, during the American Civil War, was destroyed.

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