Somers USS

Ship Details

Rig

Brigantine

Built

1842

Tonnage

259

Demise

sank on 8/12/1846

Description

The second USS Somers was a brig in the United States Navy during the John Tyler administration which became infamous for being the only U.S. Navy ship to undergo a mutiny which led to executions.
Somers was launched by the New York Navy Yard on 16 April 1842 and commissioned on 12 May 1842, with Commander Alexander Slidell Mackenzie in command.

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