USS Passaic (1862)

USS Passaic (1862)

The first "Passaic" was a single turreted, coastal monitor purchased by the United States Navy for service during the American Civil War.

Built in New York

"Passaic" was built by Continental Iron Works, Greenport, New York, under subcontract from John Ericsson, was launched 30 August 1862; and commissioned 25 November 1862, Captain Percival Drayton in command.

Civil War service

Two days later the new monitor departed New York and joined the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron at Hampton Roads on the 29th but was immediately sent to the Washington Navy Yard for repairs. There President Abraham Lincoln visited the ship with members of his cabinet 6 December. After returning to Hampton Roads on the 26th, "Passaic", towed by "State of Georgia", got underway three days later with "Monitor", towed by "Rhode Island", heading for Beaufort, North Carolina. Encountering bad weather off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, she leaked badly and was forced to work her pumps and throw all shot overboard to remain afloat, but she reached Beaufort on New Year’s Day 1863. "Monitor" foundered during the storm.

Anchoring off Port Royal, South Carolina, on 21 January, she proceeded to Wassaw Sound. On 23 February with "Marblehead", "Passaic" captured schooner "Glide" laden with cotton. With her sister monitors, "Passaic" attacked Fort McAllister to test her fighting capabilities in action. On 7 April, she took part in Rear Admiral Samuel F. Du Pont’s attack on Charleston, South Carolina. Severely battered during the engagement, she returned to New York and decommissioned for repairs 12 May.

Recommissioned 19 July, "Passaic" arrived off Morris Island in Charleston Harbor on the 25th, and took part in all operations against that place. Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren used her as his flagship during the attack on Fort Moultrie, and she assisted in rescuing "Lehigh" when that monitor ran aground under the fire of Fort Moultrie.

Post-war service

On 16 June 1865, "Passaic" decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and was laid up there from 1866 to 1874. Repaired during the following year, she recommissioned in Hampton Roads, 24 November 1876. From 1878 to 1882 she served as receiving ship at Washington, D.C. From 1883 to 1892 she was stationed at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, and from 1893 to 1894 at the Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts. During 1895 and 1896 she was loaned to the Massachusetts Naval Militia and during the next two years to the Naval Militia at Brunswick, Georgia.

On 16 May 1898 "Passaic" was again recommissioned, assigned to the Naval Auxiliary Force and sent to Key West and Pensacola, Florida.

Decommissioning and sale

She was decommissioned at the Pensacola Navy Yard in Pensacola on 11 September 1898, and sold to Frank Samuels on 10 October 1899.

ee also

* United States Navy
* American Civil War
* Confederate States Navy

References


"Additional technical data from" cite book
last = Gardiner
first = Robert
coauthors =
title = Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905
publisher = Conway Maritime Press
date = 1979
pages = p. 120
month =
isbn = 0 85177 133 5

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p2/passaic-i.htm history.navy.mil: USS "Passaic"]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/passiac.htm navsource.org: USS "Passaic"]
* [http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/monitors/passaic.htm hazegray.org: USS "Passaic"]


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