USS Pursuit (1861)

USS Pursuit (1861)

USS "Pursuit" was a bark purchased at New York City 3 September 1861 was commissioned 17 December 1861, Acting Volunteer Lt. David Cate in command.

Assigned to the Gulf blockade

Assigned to the East Gulf Blockading Squadron, she operated off the Florida coast, with several cruises to Cuba, during the course of the Civil War.

Intercepting and capturing blockade runners

Operating as named, she captured her first prize, the schooner "Anna Belle", off Apalachicola, Florida 6 March 1862. In April she took the sloop "La Fayette" (4th) and the steamer "Florida" (6th), both in St. Joseph’s Bay near Pensacola, Florida, and on 28 May she ran down the schooner "Andromeda" off the Cuban coast. On 23 June 1863 she captured the sloop "Kate" at the mouth of the Indian River and, at the end of December, destroyed two salt works on St. Joseph’s Bay.

Final Indian River operations

Pursuit took her final prizes, the cotton boat "Peep O’Day" and the British schooner "Mary", in the Indian River, 4 December 1864 and 16 March 1865 respectively.

Decommissioning

At the close of the American Civil War she returned to New York where she was decommissioned 5 June 1865 and sold12 July 1865.

References

See also

* List of United States Navy ships
* United States Navy
* American Civil War
* Union Navy
* Confederate States Navy
* Sailing ship
* Sailboat

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/#Anchor-Editoria-14954 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]


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