. "1856-01-17"^^ . . . . . . "1855-03-20"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1860-03-19"^^ . "--03-20"^^ . . . . . . "51511.2"^^ . . . . . "--01-17"^^ . . . . . "The first USS Pocahontas, a screw steamer built at Medford, Massachusetts in 1852 as City of Boston, and purchased by the Navy at Boston, Massachusetts on 20 March 1855, was the first United States Navy ship to be named for Pocahontas, the Algonquian wife of Virginia colonist John Rolfe. She was originally commissioned as USS Despatch \u2013 the second U.S. Navy ship of that name \u2013 on 17 January 1856, with Lieutenant in command, and was recommissioned and renamed in 1860, seeing action in the American Civil War. As Pocahontas, one of her junior officers was Alfred Thayer Mahan, who would later achieve international fame as a military writer and theorist of naval power."@en . . "*USS Despatch \n*USS Pocahontas"@en . . "Steam engine and sails"@en . "1860-03-19"^^ . . . . "*USS Despatch (1856-1860)"@en . . . . . . . "1108120176"^^ . "51.5112"^^ . "1859-01-02"^^ . . . . . . "Sold, 30 November 1865" . "1944920"^^ . . . . . . "1865-07-31"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The first USS Pocahontas, a screw steamer built at Medford, Massachusetts in 1852 as City of Boston, and purchased by the Navy at Boston, Massachusetts on 20 March 1855, was the first United States Navy ship to be named for Pocahontas, the Algonquian wife of Virginia colonist John Rolfe. She was originally commissioned as USS Despatch \u2013 the second U.S. Navy ship of that name \u2013 on 17 January 1856, with Lieutenant in command, and was recommissioned and renamed in 1860, seeing action in the American Civil War. As Pocahontas, one of her junior officers was Alfred Thayer Mahan, who would later achieve international fame as a military writer and theorist of naval power."@en . "4"^^ . . . "U.S."@en . . . . "1852"^^ . . "9651"^^ . . "--11-30"^^ . "*USS Pocahontas (1860-1865)"@en . . . . . . . . "yes"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "7.9248"^^ . "1865-07-31"^^ . . . . . "--01-27"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . "USS Pocahontas (1852)"@en . . . "1859-01-02"^^ . . . . . . . . . . .