The "John Randolph"

The "John Randolph" was the first iron vessel seen in American waters. Riveted together and launched here in 1834, its plates had been made by John Laird of Birkenhead, England, and shipped to this port in sections. It was built for Gazaway B. Lamar, banker and cotton merchant of Savannah. The same iron shipbuilder, John Laird, built the Confederate cruiser "ALABAMA" in 1862.

Savannah, Georgia · United States