An item reported that the US Department of Navy proposed to repair no longer the large number of wood-built warships if the repair costs were more as 10% of the original building costs. Until then was the limit 20%. The intention was to exclude the Kearsage (1) and Hartford (2) of this decision die to their historical value. If the proposal was approved was the result that most of the aging US navy ships were to be decommissioned. The Lancaster (3) was at the moment undergoing extensive repairs.
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1. Screw steam sloop of war. Building ordered in 1861, laid down at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine in 1861, launched on 11 September 1861, commissioned on 24 January 1862, sunk the famous Confederate raider CSS Alabama on 19 June 1864 and wrecked on 2 February 1894.
2. Screw steam sloop of war, launched at the Boston Navy Yard on 22 November 1858, commissioned on 27 May 1859, decommissioned on 20 August 1926 and finally sunk at her berth at the Norfolk Navy Yard on 20 November 1956 and dismantled.
3. Screw steam sloop of war. Laid down at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in December 1857, launched on 20 October 1858, commissioned on 12 May 1859, decommissioned on 1 May 1902, stricken on 31 December 1915 and finally broken up in 1933.
