Logbooks of the U.S.S. Germantown, November 23, 1853-February 17, 1857
Contributors: Lynch, William Francis, 1801-1865; United States. National Archives and Records Service
Publisher: The National Archives of the United States
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Naval History; Sources; Logbooks; Ship's papers; Germantown (Sloop of war)
Notes: Title from container label.

Microfilmed for the Center for Research Libraries, Chicago, Ill.

"Germantown recommissioned 23 November, Comdr. W. F. Lynch in command, and sailed 3 December for service in Commodore W. D. Salter's Brazil Squadron. Arriving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 16 January 1854, she joined frigate Savannah, brig Bainbrige [sic; Bainbridge], and storeship Relief and cruised the South Atlantic from Bahia, Brazil, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. During much of 1855 she maintained station off Montevideo, Uruguay, where political disturbances and revolutionary activities threatened the lives and property of foreign nationals. Comdr. Lynch sent a Marine detachment ashore 28 August to protect American interests during an insurrection; 3 months later a landing party of sailors and marines under Lt. A. S. Nicholson assisted forces from ships of three other nations in guarding consulates and the customhouse. After completing duty with the Brazil Squadron, she departed Bahia 8 January 1857; reached Hampton Roads 9 February, and decommissioned 3 days later."--Dictionary of American Fighting Ships. Viewed online June 23, 2008.