Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index This is a list of ships of the line of the United States Navy. Because of the operating expense, a number of these were never launched, but were maintained on the stocks, sometimes for decades, in case of an urgent need. Alabama - laid down 1819, renamed and launched as New Hampshire in 1864 America - given to France upon launching in 1782 Chippewa - laid down 1814, but never launched Columbus - 1819 to 1861 Delaware - 1820 to 1861 Franklin - 1815 to 1852 Independence - 1814 to 1912, razeed 1836 New Hampshire - originally Alabama, launched 1864 as stores and depot ship, then a training ship to 1892 New Orleans - incomplete on ways until 1883 New York - laid down 1820, burnt on ways 1861 North Carolina - 1820 to 1866 Ohio - 1820 to 1875 Pennsylvania - 120 guns, the largest sailing ship of the Navy; 1837 to 1861 Vermont - 1848 to 1901 Virginia - laid down 1822, broken up on ways 1874 Washington - 1814 to 1843 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.