as a store ship at Norfolk where she was decommissioned on 12 December. Barracks ship, 1867–1875 In ordinary through 1866, the frigate was used as a barracks ship for marines at Norfolk from 1867 through 1875. On 31 December 1875, she was sold at Norfolk to E. Stannard. In literature In Robert Conroy's alternate history novel 1862, St. Lawrence is sunk by the Royal Navy steam sloop-of-war as revenge for the Trent Affair, bringing the United Kingdom into the American Civil War on the side of the Confederacy. See also Union Navy List of sailing frigates of the United States Navy Naval tactics in the Age of Sail References External links Journal of a cruise in the U.S. Frigate St. Lawrence and the U.S. Brig Bainbridge, 1856-1859, MS 19 held by Special Collections & Archives, Nimitz Library at the United States Naval Academy Sailing frigates of the United States Navy Ships of the Union Navy Ships built in Portsmouth, Virginia American Civil War patrol vessels of the United States 1848 ships