{"nrhp_refnum":"76000261","name":"New Hampshire, The","other_names":["Alabama","Granite State"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"SE of Manchester off Graves Island","address_restricted":false,"city":"Manchester","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.57074318600007,"lon":-70.74504703599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-10-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Engineering"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Shipwreck site of the former US Navy ship-of-the-line New Hampshire (earlier Alabama, later Granite State), lying in about 35 feet of water on the ocean side of Graves Island off Manchester, Massachusetts. Her keel was laid in 1819 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the ship is significant as one of the last wooden battleships built before steam and speed took over, and as one of nine ships-of-the-line authorized by Congress in 1816. The wreckage is also noted as one of the few visible wrecks in New England waters.","narrative":"Off the coast of Manchester, Massachusetts, the remains of the New Hampshire lie on a sandy bottom in up to thirty-five feet of water beside Graves Island. Begun at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in 1819 as the Alabama, she was one of nine ships-of-the-line carrying at least 74 guns that Congress authorized in 1816. Steam and iron made her obsolete before she saw battle, and she served instead as a stores and depot ship during the Civil War, a receiving ship, a training ship, and a flagship for an apprentice training squadron. She was renamed New Hampshire in 1863 and Granite State in 1904. She burned and sank at her pier in the Hudson River in 1921, was refloated, and sank again under tow after the towline parted. Today about six ribs protrude from the sand, and copper and brass fittings survive. The wreck is regarded as one of the few visible in New England waters.","period_of_significance":"1819","architect_builder":"attributed to William Doughty","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Wreckage lies underwater in various pieces, with about six ribs protruding from the sandy bottom; copper and brass fittings and copper sheathing remain. Condition is marked altered and moved.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.577008-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/35/7950/63795035/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/76000261.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000261/c2baaefbd1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000261/c2baaefbd1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_New_Hamp_SOL-750px.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_New_Hamp_SOL-750px.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795035","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_Hampshire_(1864)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11653806"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/new-hampshire-the-76000261/"}