USS Experiment (1832)
United States Navy schooner
title: "USS Experiment (1832)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["schooners-of-the-united-states-navy", "ships-built-in-washington,-d.c.", "1832-ships"] description: "United States Navy schooner" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Experiment_(1832)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary United States Navy schooner ::
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| country | United States |
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| name | USS *Experiment * |
| builder | Washington Navy Yard |
| laid_down | 1831 |
| launched | April 1832 |
| fate | Sold, October 1848 |
| section3 | {{Infobox ship/characteristics |
| type | Schooner |
| displacement | 209 LT |
| length | 90 ft |
| beam | 21 ft |
| draft | 6 ft |
| propulsion | Sail |
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'*USS Experiment''' was a schooner of the United States Navy launched in 1832. She was laid in 1831 in the Washington Navy Yard, and was launched in April 1832. Commissioned into the US Navy, Lieutenant William Mervine was placed in command of *Experiment''.
From mid-1832 until mid-1833, Experiment cruised the Atlantic coast between Boston, Massachusetts, and Charleston, South Carolina. After undergoing repairs at Norfolk, Virginia, she sailed for the West Indies, returning to New York City in June 1835. During the remaining three years of her service, Experiment was often used for surveying. From 1839 to 1848, when she was sold, she as a receiving ship at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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