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{{short description|Sloops-of-war of the United States Navy}}
{{other ships|USS Idaho}}
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{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image= USS Idaho 1422.jpg
|Ship caption= Watercolor on silk, depicting ''Idaho'' under full sail following her conversion to a [[storeship]].
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{{Infobox ship career
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag=[[Image:US Naval Jack 36 stars.svg|48px|Union Navy Jack]] {{USN flag|1861}}
|Ship name= USS ''Idaho''
|Ship namesake= [[Idaho]]
|Ship builder= George Steers of [[New York City]]
|Ship laid down=
|Ship launched=8 October 1864
|Ship completed=
|Ship acquired=1866
|Ship commissioned=2 April 1866
|Ship recommissioned= 3 October 1867
|Ship decommissioned=31 December 1873
|Ship fate= sold, in 1874 to the [[East India Trading Co.|East Indies Trading Company]]
}}
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|Ship type= [[Sloop-of-war|Steam sloop]]
|Ship displacement={{convert|3241|t|LT|abbr=on}}
|Ship length={{convert|298|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|44|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft={{convert|16|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship power=
|Ship propulsion=[[steam engine]], with twin screws
|Ship sail plan=
|Ship speed={{convert|15|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range=
|Ship complement=
|Ship armament= 8 t guns
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'''USS ''Idaho''''', a 3,241-ton steam [[Sloop-of-war|sloop]], was part of an [[American Civil War]] program of large, very fast, steam cruisers. Completed in May 1866, she ran her [[sea trial]]s the following August, making just over {{convert|8|kn|lk=in|spell=in}}. Her boilers and engines, ordered as a result of political influence, failed totally to achieve her {{convert|15|kn|adj=on}} contract speed. The [[U.S. Congress]], however, stepped in and ordered its purchase. The ship was then modified with sail and became one of the fastest ships in the [[U.S. Navy]].

== Service history ==
[[File:USS Idaho 85971.jpg|thumb|left|USS ''Idaho'' laid up at the New York Navy Yard after her unsuccessful trials]]

''Idaho'' – the first [[U.S. Navy]] ship to bear that name—was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] as a wooden steam [[Sloop-of-war|sloop]] 8 October 1864 by [[George Steers and Co|Henry Steers]] of [[Greenpoint, Brooklyn|Greenpoint]], [[Brooklyn]]. Her twin-screw machinery was of a novel design by B. N. Dickerson and was built by [[Morgan Iron Works]]. She was completed in 1866 but upon [[sea trial]]s in May was found to be far slower than the contract speed of {{convert|15|kn|lk=in}}, having been in commission between 2 April and 26 May under the command of Captain [[John Lorimer Worden]]. A board of Naval Officers recommended her rejection, but Dickerson appealed to the [[United States Congress]] and obtained a resolution in February 1867 for her purchase by the navy.

She was subsequently converted to a [[Full-rigged ship|full-rigged]] sailing ship at New York City and recommissioned 3 October 1867, Lt. Edward Hooker in command. The converted ''Idaho'' was one of the fastest sailing ships of her day, and sailed 1 November 1867 for [[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]. From there she continued the long voyage to the [[Far East]], arriving [[Nagasaki, Nagasaki|Nagasaki]] 18 May 1868. During that passage, she logged over {{convert|18|kn}}, making her one of the fastest sailing ships ever built. The ship remained in Nagasaki for 15 months as a store and [[hospital ship]] for the [[Asiatic Squadron]].

In mid-August 1869 ''Idaho'' moved to [[Yokohama]], [[Empire of Japan]], to prepare for the long voyage back to the [[United States]], and soon afterward, 20 September, she got underway for [[San Francisco, California]]. Next day, however, the ship was hit by a raging [[typhoon]]. Her masts were carried away and her hull was severely damaged, but the stout ship stayed afloat and was brought back to Yokohama by her crew, with the assistance of the German [[corvette]] {{SMS|Medusa|1864|2}}. Little more than a hulk, the gallant ''Idaho'' remained in the harbor until decommissioning 31 December 1873. She was sold in 1874 to the [[East India Trading Co.|East Indies Trading Company]].

== References ==
* {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/i1/idaho-i.htm}}
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[[Category:Ships of the Union Navy]]
[[Category:Ships built in Brooklyn]]
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[[Category:Hospital ships of the United States Navy]]

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