page_title: Home Squadron
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Home Squadron / History
caption_attribution_description: English: U.S. sloop of war Albany: 22 guns. New York: Published by N. Currier. Currier &amp; Ives. A size. Lithograph print, hand-colored. Currier &amp; Ives&#160;: a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI&#160;: Gale Research, c1983, no. 6851
context_page_description: The Home Squadron was part of the United States Navy in the mid-19th century. Organized as early as 1838, ships were assigned to protect coastal commerce, aid ships in distress, suppress piracy and the slave trade, make coastal surveys, and train ships to relieve others on distant stations. It was discontinued in 1861 after the outbreak of the American Civil War, when the Union blockade forced a reassignment of ships to close off Southern ports.
caption: USS Albany, a sloop of the Home Station during the Mexican-American War.
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