USS KearsargeCommissioned in 1861 to combat Confederate raiders in European waters, Kearsarge’ s most successful engagement was with CSS Alabama. After the Civil War, she was placed out of commission, only returning two years later, serving in the Pacific until placed out of commission again two years later. In 1873, Kearsarge was commissioned and served in Asiatic waters. Decommissioned yet again five years later, she was brought back into service a year later. Kearsarge served for ten years in the Atlantic until being wrecked on Roncador Reef on 2 Feburary 1888 while en route from Haiti to Nicaragua. An effort to salvage her proved fruitless, and USS Kearsarge was stricken from the Navy List later in the year.