USS Watauga

USS Watauga was a proposed United States Navy screw frigate that was never built.

History
United States
Name	USS Watauga
Namesake	The Watauga River in North Carolina and Tennessee
Laid down	Never
Commissioned	Never, although carried on Navy List 1864
Fate	Construction contract cancelled 1866
General characteristics
Type	Frigate
Propulsion	Steam, one screw

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.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. New York: Mayflower Books, Inc., 1979. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.