- USS Fernandina (1861)
USS "Fernandina" (1861) was a bark purchased by the
Union Navy during theAmerican Civil War . She was used by the Union Navy as a patrol vessel, operating in Confederate waterways."Fernandina", a bark, was purchased
29 July 1861 atNew York City as "Florida"; and renamed and commissioned16 November 1861 , Acting Volunteer Lieutenant G.W Browne in command.Operating with the North Atlantic Blockade
"Fernandina" reported for duty in the
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron atHampton Roads, Virginia ,2 December 1861 , and was ordered south to duty on the blockade ofWilmington, North Carolina . On13 December , she scattered a Confederate encampment on the beach nearLittle River Inlet, North Carolina , and 12 days later she took prize "William H. Northrop", running the blockade with a cargo of drugs and coffee. The bark discovered theschooner "Kate" out ofNassau, Bahamas , run aground on2 April 1862 , and after taking her papers off, burned the schooner, since both "Fernandina" and her party boarding theblockade runner were under Confederate fire from the shore.Reassigned to the South Atlantic Blockade
On
11 June , "Fernandina" was reassigned to theSouth Atlantic Blockading Squadron which she joined offCharleston, South Carolina . Aside from the summer of1863 , when she sailed north for repairs, the bark blockaded atSt. Simons, Georgia and at St. Catherine's, Georgia, and in Ossabaw Sound. She captured the sloop "Annie Thompson"16 January 1864 , after the blockade runner had grounded.End-of-war decommissioning and sale
Detached from her squadron
3 April 1865 , "Fernandina" was decommissioned atPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania ,29 April 1866 , and sold2 June 1865 .References
See also
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United States Navy
*American Civil War External links
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/f2/fernandina.htm USS Fernandina]
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