U.S.S. Alaska Warship and Her Personnel, 1879 and 1880   The USS Alaska was a wooden-hulled screw sloop of war, launched on 31 October 1868, commissioned on 8 December 1869, and decommissioned 13 February 1883. This was the first of four Navy ships to be named USS Alaska.     1879 1880 Captain George Brown George Brown Lieutenant-Commander B. P. Lamberton C. H. Pendleton Lieutenants James E. Craig; B. N. Manney; J. G. Eaton; E. B. Barry  J. E. Craig; H. N. Manney; Joseph G. Eaton; Edward B. Barry Master W. E. Sewell William E. Sewell Ensigns James M. Helm; C. A. Corbin; F. B. Vinton; George M. Stoney; Ridgely Hunt F. B. Vinton; Ridgely Hunt Cadet-Midshipmen   --- A. B. Clements; John B. Blish; Leigh O. Garrett; A. P. Menefee; John A. Mudd Surgeon W. K. VanReypen William K. Van Reypen Assistant Surgeon S. H. Griffith S.H. Griffith Paymaster Charles F. Guild Charles F. Guild Chief Engineer J. W. Thompson, Jr. James W. Thompson Passed Assistant Engineers A. W. Morley; H. L. Slosson A. W. Morley; Henry L. Slosson Cadet-Engineers   --- Edward O. C. Acker; John W. Annan First Lieutenant Marines Frank Scott Frank Scott Boatswain John Burrows  J. Keating Gunner John J. Walsh William E. Webber Carpenter Gould Northup Gould Northup Sailmaker John C. Chevalier J.C. Chevalier