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on 4 November 1862. During this attack she lost her second cutter and its crew. By the time she sailed for Baltimore and repairs on 30 April 1863, she had captured eight vessels. Repairs completed,
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for guard and picket duty which continued until 6 May 1865. On 7 May, she put into Norfolk and five days later got underway for
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sailed from Hampton Roads on 7 September 1863 to serve with the
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to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
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until 13 October 1864. Two days later she arrived at
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put to sea on 7 June 1861 for duty in the waters of
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USS Daylight (1859)

Alfred Rudolph Waud
steam engine
screw propeller
knots
steamship
Union Navy
American Civil War
Confederacy
steamer
New York City
New York Navy Yard
commissioned
Virginia
Wilmington, North Carolina
Union blockade
Baltimore, Maryland
Hampton Roads
Beaufort, North Carolina
Fort Macon
North Carolina
Fort Fisher
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Fort Monroe
James River
New York Navy Yard
public domain
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
USS Daylight here

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