Name USS Morris Type Schooner Length 25 m | In service Early 1846 Displacement 112 long tons (114 t) | |
Namesake Robert Morris (1734-1806), American politician and signer of the Declaration of Independence Fate Wrecked, 11 October 1846 | ||
The third USS Morris was a schooner in the United States Navy in commission in 1846.
Morris served as a despatch boat during the Mexican War, going into service early in 1846. She was wrecked in a hurricane off Key West, Florida on 11 October 1846.
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