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530:, Watson led four boats directly to the grounded steamer and fired her in two places shortly after midnight 6 July. Farragut wrote: "The admiral commanding has much pleasure in announcing to the fleet, what was anxiously looked for last night by hundreds, the destruction of the blockade runner ashore under the rebel batteries by an expedition of boats... the entire conduct of the expedition was marked by a promptness and energy which shows what may be expected of such officers and men on similar occasions."
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Vicksburg. The gunboat engaged batteries and snipers ashore for 2 days before heading down stream to resume escort and patrol duty. The tricky waters of the Mississippi ever threatened to fling the gunboat hard aground in hostile territory; and Confederate cannon and riflemen lay hidden ashore
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and found the cable-linked line of hulks which the South had placed across the river to bar
Farragut's invaders. After Southern batteries at the Fort opened a rapid fire on the gunboats, they retired down the river; but, from time to time thereafter, they steamed up to learn more about the Southern
614:, once described by Admiral Farragut as "too quick for us," was found aground at daylight on Bird Key Spit, near Galveston. She had attempted to run into the Texas port once again under cover of darkness. She was destroyed during the day by gunfire from
379:, became entangled in the line of rafts which obstructed the river and struck one of the Confederate schooners. This delayed her until Admiral Farragut had completed his dash, enabling the Confederate guns fire to concentrate their fire on
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25 June, and began a bombardment of the
Confederate batteries there the next day. She remained below with Brooklyn continuing the shelling until Farragut had safely run by the Southern guns on the 28th and joined Flag Officer
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395:. As dawn had made their ships even more vulnerable targets, their commanders ordered the crews to lie flat on the decks while the gunboats drifted down stream out of action. However,
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and steamed up the bay. By mid-morning all major
Confederate opposition afloat had been destroyed or captured; and the rest of the day was spent rounding up Southern merchant ships.
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disappointment was softened 4 days later when she was on hand to see the Stars and Bars at Fort
Jackson lowered and the Stars and Stripes raised in their place.
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soon joined them. Undaunted
Farragut's ships steamed steadily ahead and answered as they came within range. After an hour of fighting, the South's ironclad ram
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30 June. Because the steamer was protected by the fort's guns, Rear
Admiral Farragut attempted at first to destroy her by long range fire from
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turned her attention to shelling Fort Morgan until that valiantly-defended southern stronghold surrendered on the 23d. After repairs at
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when the Union ships got underway shortly after 6 A.M. An hour later the guns at Fort Morgan opened fire and
Confederate steamers
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after the blockade runner had slipped out of Mobile laden with cotton, rosin, and turpentine for Havana. She then took schooner
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remained off the Texas coast providing stability as Union authority was restored and keeping an eye on events in
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bow; glanced off; and fired into the gunboat's berth deck as she pulled away, wounding four members of
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laden with 260 bales of cotton 9 December. On the last day of 1863, she made a prize of steamer
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Reconnaissance of Forts
Jackson and St. Philip, on the Mississippi, by gun-boats including
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coast 10 March 1865 and remained on blockade there until the
Confederacy collapsed. Off
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she engaged in one of the last actions of the war. On 24 May blockade runner
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on the 23rd. Five days later she sailed North and reached Boston 1 August.
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514:. When this proved unsuccessful, Farragut authorized his Flag Lieutenant,
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helped blockade the port during the spring and summer of 1864. On 30 June
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On the morning of 5 August Admiral Farragut was ready to attack Mobile.
668:. She headed eastward 6 July, stopped at Pensacola a week, and reached
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decommissioned at Boston Navy Yard 9 August 1865 and was sold at
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fell prey to her 18 July. She shared in the capture of schooner
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headed for the open sea for blockade and cruising duty in the
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The conquest of Mobile was Farragut's next major objective.
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Patrol and convoy duty up and down the Mississippi occupied
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had plagued Farragut by running regularly from Mobile to
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American Civil War patrol vessels of the United States
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set her aflame. Prior to the capture of Mobile Bay,
423:for the next 2 months. She was with Farragut below
319:and stood out to sea 12 February 1862. She reached
433:waiting to harass' the Union ships and their men.
903:List of steam gunboats of the United States Navy
375:, in the gunboat division commanded by Captain
286:was launched 5 October 1861 by G. W. Lawrence,
350:defenses while Farragut made ready to attack.
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704:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
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567:crew but doing little damage to the ship.
361:opened a steady fire on Forts Jackson and
698:This article incorporates text from the
311:The new gunboat was assigned to Admiral
157:9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) (max.)
19:For other ships with the same name, see
335:Attack on Forts Jackson and St. Phillip
481:after an 8-hour chase 7 January 1864.
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579:chased several and captured schooner
345:steamed up the river within sight of
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518:, to lead a boat expedition to burn
494:had forced blockade-running steamer
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469:29 November and she took schooner
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16:Gunboat of the United States Navy
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927:Ships built in Thomaston, Maine
664:intervention had violated the
371:led his fleet past the forts.
272:following the outbreak of the
1:
707:. The entry can be found
453:4 May 1863 and took schooner
331:ships chasing them upstream.
317:West Gulf Blockading Squadron
294:8 February 1862, Lieutenant
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353:On 18 April a flotilla of
208:10 kn (11.5 mph)
39:chasing the rebel steamer
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137:158 ft (48 m) (
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415:from Farragut's Squadron
321:Ship Island, Mississippi
276:. She was named for the
932:Unadilla-class gunboats
922:Ships of the Union Navy
165:12 ft (3.7 m)
149:28 ft (8.5 m)
97:General characteristics
425:Vicksburg, Mississippi
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290:; and commissioned at
652:After the war ended,
537:was lashed alongside
457:on the 17th. Steamer
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238:2 × 24-pdr smoothbore
189:engines; single screw
92:Sold 30 November 1865
516:J. Crittenden Watson
498:to run aground near
339:On 28 March she and
571:then cast off from
430:Charles Henry Davis
302:Operational history
682:30 November 1865.
596:Pensacola, Florida
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359:David Dixon Porter
296:John Henry Russell
274:American Civil War
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118:Displacement
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73:Commissioned
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21:USS Kennebec
891:Wissahickon
588:Fort Gaines
573:Monongahela
539:Monongahela
511:Monongahela
500:Fort Morgan
475:Grey Jacket
403:Mississippi
342:Wissahickon
329:Confederate
241:2 × 20-pdr
197:Two-masted
187:back-acting
185:horizontal
41:Grey Jacket
942:1861 ships
916:Categories
807:Marblehead
686:References
565:Kennebec's
561:Kennebec's
479:John Scott
397:Kennebec's
363:St. Philip
234:smoothbore
229:1 × 11-in
213:Complement
170:Propulsion
835:Penobscot
737:Aroostook
552:Tennessee
524:Metacomet
505:Metacomet
355:schooners
270:U.S. Navy
226:Original:
194:Sail plan
181:by 18 in
139:waterline
877:Unadilla
849:Sagamore
793:Kennebec
786:Katahdin
751:Chippewa
723:Unadilla
680:New York
676:Kennebec
660:, where
654:Kennebec
648:Post war
633:Seminole
628:Kennebec
617:Cornubia
600:Kennebec
592:Kennebec
577:Kennebec
569:Kennebec
535:Kennebec
528:Kennebec
486:Kennebec
443:Kennebec
421:Kennebec
413:Kennebec
381:Kennebec
373:Kennebec
368:Hartford
284:Kennebec
261:Unadilla
255:Kennebec
231:Dahlgren
221:Armament
199:schooner
173:2 × 200
121:691 tons
107:Unadilla
65:Launched
37:Kennebec
828:Pembina
779:Kanawha
758:Chocura
638:Denbigh
612:Denbigh
520:Ivanhoe
496:Ivanhoe
491:Glasgow
451:Jupiter
266:gunboat
112:gunboat
48:History
884:Winona
870:Tahoma
863:Seneca
856:Sciota
842:Pinola
821:Owasco
814:Ottawa
772:Itasca
744:Cayuga
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662:French
658:Mexico
642:Havana
581:Corina
543:Morgan
463:Winona
455:Hunter
392:Winona
386:Itasca
263:-class
258:was a
183:stroke
177:30-in
134:Length
109:-class
800:Kineo
765:Huron
604:Texas
547:Games
205:Speed
154:Draft
709:here
630:and
620:and
545:and
526:and
508:and
465:off
389:and
253:USS
179:bore
146:Beam
89:Fate
35:The
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175:IHP
129:507
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