List of steam frigates of the United States Navy

File:USS_Trenton.pngThis is a list of steam frigates used or previously used by the United States Navy.

class="wikitable sortable" ! Name !! Type !! Class !! Authorized !! Dates of Service !! Fate
{{USS\|Mississippi\|1841\|2}} {{cite book\|isbn=978-0-313-26202-9\|title=Register of ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990\|last1=Bauer\|first1=Karl Jack\|author-link=K. Jack Bauer\|first2=Stephen S.\|last2= Roberts\|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group\|year=1991}}	2nd class{{cite book\|title=A Naval Encyclopædia: Comprising A Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases; Biographical Notices, and Records of Naval Officers; Special Articles of Naval Art and Science\|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924030750768\|publisher=L. R. Hamersly & co.\|year=1881}}	{{sclass\|Mississippi\|frigate\|0}}	3 March 1839	1841 – 1863	Sunk in action at Port Hudson, 64 killed
{{USS\|Missouri\|1841\|2}}	2nd class	{{sclass\|Mississippi\|frigate\|0}}	3 March 1839	1842 – 1843	Lost to fire
{{USS\|Susquehanna\|1847\|2}} {{cite book\|isbn=978-1-55750-519-4 \|title=Lincoln's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization, 1861-65 \|url=https://archive.org/details/lincolnsnavyship0000cann \|url-access=registration \|last=Canney \|first=Donald L. \|author-link=Donald L. Canney \|publisher=US Naval Institute Press \|year=1998}}	2nd class	{{sclass\|Susquehanna\|frigate\|0}}	3 March 1847	1850 – 1883	\| Sold
{{USS\|Powhatan\|1850\|2}}	2nd class	{{sclass\|Susquehanna\|frigate\|0}}	3 March 1847	1852 – 1887	Sold
{{USS\|Franklin\|1864\|2}}	1st class{{cite book\|title=Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the United States, including Officers of the Marine Corps, and other, for the Year 1870}}	{{Dash}}	1 September 1851	1867 – 1916	Sold
{{USS\|Merrimack\|1855\|2}} {{DANFS}}	1st class{{cite book\|title=Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the United States, including Officers of the Marine Corps, and other, for the Year 1859}}	{{sclass\|Merrimack\|frigate\|0}} {{cite book\|isbn=978-1-59114-659-9 \|title=Ironclad Down: USS Merrimack-CSS Virginia from Design to Destruction \|last=Park \|first=Carl D. \|author-link=Carl D. Park \|publisher=Naval Institute Press \|year=2007 }}	6 April 1854	1856 – 1861	Sunk to avoid capture, rebuilt as CSS Virginia
{{USS\|Wabash\|1855\|2}}	1st class	{{sclass\|Merrimack\|frigate\|0}}	6 April 1854 {{cite web \|title=The Old Steam Navy \|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/steam.htm \|publisher=GlobalSecurity \|access-date=4 August 2009}}{{better source\|date=January 2025}}	1856 – 1912	Sold
{{USS\|Roanoke\|1855\|2}}	1st class	{{sclass\|Merrimack\|frigate\|0}}	6 April 1854	1857 – 1883	Sold
{{USS\|Colorado\|1856\|2}}	1st class	{{sclass\|Merrimack\|frigate\|0}}	6 April 1854	1858 – 1885	Sold
{{USS\|Minnesota\|1855\|2}}	1st class	{{sclass\|Merrimack\|frigate\|0}}	6 April 1854	1857 – 1901	Scrapped
{{USS\|Niagara\|1855\|2}}	1st class	{{Dash}}	6 April 1854	1857 – 1885	Sold
Florida	2nd class{{cite book\|title=The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps\|url=https://archive.org/details/recordsoflivingo02hame\|last=Hamersly\|first=Lewis Randolph\|author-link=Lewis Randolph Hamersly\|publisher=L. R. Hamersly & co.\|year=1894}}	Wampanoag-class		1867 – 1885	Sold
{{USS\|Tennessee\|1863\|2}}	2nd class	Wampanoag-class		– 1888	Sold
Iowa	2nd class	Wampanoag-class
Nevada	2nd class	Wampanoag-class		None	Canceled
Pompanoosus	2nd class	Wampanoag-class
Bon Homme Richard	2nd class	Wampanoag-class		None	Canceled
{{USS\|Chattanooga\|1864\|2}}		Wampanoag-class
Pennslvania	2nd class	Java-class			Canceled
{{USS\|Delaware\|1866\|2}}	2nd class	Java-class
{{USS\|California\|1867\|2}}	2nd class	Java-class
Illinois	2nd class	Java-class			Canceled
{{USS\|Antietam\|1864\|2}}	2nd class	Java-class
New York	2nd class	Java-class			Canceled
Java	2nd class	Java-class			Canceled
{{USS\|Hassalo\|1863\|2}}		{{sclass\|Hassalo\|frigate\|0}} {{cite book \|last=Bennett \|first=Frank Marion \|author-link=Frank Marion Bennett \|url=https://archive.org/details/ldpd_10836943_000 \|title=The steam navy of the United States \|publisher=NWarren & Co. \|year=1896}}
{{USS\|Watauga\|1864\|2}}		{{sclass\|Hassalo\|frigate\|0}}
{{USS\|Trenton\|1876\|2}}		{{Dash}}		1877 – 1891	Lost to the Apia cyclone, 1 killed

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Steam frigates