The navy of the United States from the commencement 1775 to 1853 : with a brief history of each vessel's service and fate ... Comp. by Lieut. George F. Emmons under the authority of the Navy dept. To which is added a list of private armed vessels, fitted out under the American flag ... also a list of the revenue and coast survey vessels and principal ocean steamers belonging to citizens of the United States in 1850