{{Short description|United States Navy schooner}} {{other ships|USS Experiment}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image= |image_caption= }}
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'''USS ''Experiment''''' was a [[schooner]] of the [[United States Navy]] launched in 1832. She was laid in 1831 in the [[Washington Navy Yard]], and was launched in April 1832. Commissioned into the US Navy, Lieutenant [[William Mervine]] was placed in command of ''Experiment''.
From mid-1832 until mid-1833, ''Experiment'' cruised the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast between [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], and [[Charleston, South Carolina]]. After undergoing repairs at [[Norfolk, Virginia]], she sailed for the [[West Indies]], returning to [[New York City]] in June 1835. During the remaining three years of her service, ''Experiment'' was often used for surveying. From 1839 to 1848, when she was sold, she as a [[receiving ship]] at [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]].
==References== * {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/e6/experiment-ii.htm}}
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