USS Suwanee (1864)

USS Suwanee (1864)

USS "Suwanee" (1864) was a large (1,030-ton) steamer commissioned by the Union Navy in its struggle against the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War.

With her large crew of 159 sailors and officers and powerful guns, "Suwanee" served the Union Navy as a heavy gunboat on the high seas, searching for merchant raiders and blockade runners.

Built in Pennsylvania in 1864

"Suwanee" -- a double-ended, iron-hulled, side-wheel gunboat built at Chester, Pennsylvania -- was launched on 13 March 1864, and was commissioned on 23 January 1865, Comdr. Paul Shirley in command.

Civil War operations

Ordered to the Pacific Ocean, the new double-ender departed Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at dawn on 17 February 1865 and proceeded via New York City down the Atlantic coast of the Americas looking for Confederate commerce raiders, especially for CSS "Shenandoah", which had been plaguing Northern shipping.

She then steamed up the Pacific coast and arrived at Acapulco, Mexico, where she joined the Pacific Squadron on 30 July. The side-wheeler was promptly ordered to sea in quest of "Shenandoah". After the Southern cruiser "Shenandoah" surrendered at Liverpool, England, late in the year, "Suwanee" cruised along the Pacific coast from Mexico to Canada.

Sunk, near British Columbia

On 9 July 1868, she was wrecked in Shadwell Passage, Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia.

References

See also

* American Civil War
* Union Navy
* Confederate States Navy

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s20/suwanee-i.htm USS Suwanee]


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