Name USS Watauga Type Frigate | Laid down Never | |
Namesake The Watauga River in North Carolina and Tennessee Commissioned Never, although carried on Navy List 1864 Fate Construction contract cancelled 1866 | ||
USS Watauga was a proposed United States Navy screw frigate that was never built.
Projected as a screw frigate, Watauga was intended to be similar to, but somewhat larger than, the Java-class frigates (USS Antietam, USS Guerriere, USS Minnetonka, and USS Piscataqua).
Although first carried on the Navy List in 1864, Watauga was never laid down. The contract for her construction was cancelled in 1866.
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