 "Wolcott", named for Oliver Wolcott, the second Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, served in Newport, Rhode Island; New Haven, Connecticut; New London, Connecticut; and Wilmington, Delaware.Ordered to Mobile, Alabama, in December 1844, she was driven ashore in Pensacola Bay on the coast of Florida during a storm.After repairs, she was attached to the United States Navy for service during the Mexican War to carry dispatches in the Gulf of Mexico.