  {|     |} the uss new hampshire (1864) was a 2,633 ton ship originally designed to be the 74-gun ship of the line alabama, but she remained on the stocks for nearly 40 years, well into the age of steam, before being renamed and launched as a storeship and depot ship during the american civil war. she was later renamed to uss granite state. as alabama, she was one of "nine ships to rate not less than 74 guns each" authorized by congress on 29 april 1816, and was laid down by the portsmouth navy yard, maine, in june 1819, the year the state of alabama was admitted to the union. though ready for launch by 1825, she remained on the stocks for preservation; an economical measure that avoided the expense of manning and maintaining a ship of the line. ==launched for duty in the civil war== renamed new hampshire on 28 october 1863, she was launched on 23 april 1864, fitted out as a storeship and depot ship of the [[south atlantic block
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