U. S. Steam Frigate Wabash

Object summary

Title: U. S. Steam Frigate Wabash
Object ID: CC-T-0048
Date made: 1865-1867
Place made: United States, New York, New York
Painter (after): Maull, William N.
Lithographer: Shearman & Hart
Object type: Lithograph
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

A starboard-broadside view of the screw frigate 'Wabash' commissioned on 18 August 1856. She flies a 36-star American flag above her stern. She was the first of three Navy vessels to bear the name 'Wabash,' and served as the flagship of the Home Squadron from 1856-58 before serving as the flagship of the Mediterranean Squadron until the outbreak of the Civil War.