with equipment and supplies to California. She sailed from New York on 21 November and arrived at San Francisco 19 June 1853. She then proceeded to Valparaíso, Chile, arriving 12 September, and was converted to a permanent storeship for the Pacific Squadron. She served in this capacity fifteen years, stationed at Valparaíso until 1862 when she was towed to Callao, Peru, by . In 1868, owing to yellow fever at Callao, Fredonia was moved to Arica, then on the southern coast of Peru and later part of Chile, where on 13 August she was destroyed by a tsunami. The first severe shock of a violent earthquake occurred about 5:05 p.m., followed by successive shocks and a tremendous tsunami. The U.S. Navy gunboat , also anchored in the harbor of Arica, was washed ashore, while Fredonia was completely broken up with a loss of 27 lives. Only five of Fredonia's complement survived—three officers, who were on shore, and two enlisted men who were rescued the following morning from a portion of the wreck. The earthquake, reported to be the most devastating and extensive that ever occurred in South America, destroyed not only Arica but a number of other large cities on the west side of the Peruvian Andes Mountains. The officers and men of the United States Squadron, under command of Rear Admiral T. Turner, immediately rushed assistance to the stricken inhabitants of Arica, providing food, clothing and medicines from the ships' supplies and conveying surgeons, nurses, provisions and other necessities from Callao and Valparaíso. Footnotes References Barques of the United States Navy Mexican–American War ships of the United States Ships of the Union Navy Ships built in Newburyport, Massachusetts Stores ships of the United States Navy 1845 ships Maritime incidents in August 1868 Shipwrecks of Chile Shipwrecks of Peru