New Hampshire was renamed Granite State 30 November 1904 to free the name New Hampshire for a newly authorized battleship. The following year she was loaned as a training ship for the New York State Naval Militia which was to furnish nearly a thousand officers and men to the Navy during the Spanish-American War. New Hampshire was towed from Newport to New London, Conn., in 1891 and was receiving ship there until decommissioned 5 June 1892. Luce’s newly formed Apprentice Training Squadron, marking the commencement of an effective apprentice training program for the Navy. She became flagship of Commodore Stephen B. She resumed duty at Norfolk in 1881 but soon shifted to Newport, R.I. She returned to Norfolk 8 June 1866, serving as a receiving ship there until when she sailed back to Port Royal. New Hampshire sailed from Portsmouth 15 June and relieved sister ship Vermont 29 July 1864 as store and depot ship at Port Royal, S.C., and served there through the end of the Civil War. Needed for service during the Civil War, the ship was completed, but her name was changed to New Hampshire (q.v.) on 28 October 1863. In keeping with the policy of the 74-gun ships-of-the-line being maintained in a state of readiness for launch, Alabama remained on the stocks at Portsmouth for almost four decades, in a state of preservation-much like part of a "mothball fleet" of post-World War II years. Alabaman-one of the "nine ships to rate not less than 74 guns each" authorized by Congress on 29 April 1816-was laid down in June 1819 at the Portsmouth (N.H.) Navy Yard.
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