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USS Ossipee

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Ossipee class wooden screw sloop-of-war:
  • Laid down in June 1861 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H.
  • Launched 16 November 1861
  • Commissioned USS Ossipee, 6 November 1862 LCDR. Robert Boyd temporary in command.
  • Command assumed by CAPT. John P. Gillis, 16 November 1861
  • Initially assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
  • Reassigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 18 May 1863
  • Decommissioned, 3 July 1865, at Philadelphia, PA.
  • Recommissioned, 27 October 1866, CAPT. George F. Emmons in command
  • Assigned to the north Pacific to protect American interests
  • Decommissioned, 30 November 1872, at New York, N.Y.
  • Recommissioned, 10 October 1873, assigned to the North Atlantic
  • Decommissioned, 25 May 1878, at Boston, MA.
  • Recommissioned, 28 January 1884, assigned to the Asiatic station
  • Reassigned to the Atlantic, 15 February 1887
  • Decommissioning, 12 November 1889, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, 25 March 1891 to Herbert H. Ives, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,240 t.
    Length 207'
    Beam 38'
    Draft 16'
    Depth of Hold 16' 10"
    Speed 10kts
    Complement 141
    Armament
    one 100-pdr Parrott rifle
    one 11" Dahlgren smoothbore
    three 30-pdr Dahlgren rifle
    six 32-pdr
    one heavy 12-pdr smoothbore
    one 12-pdr rifle
    Propulsion Sails/Steam
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    Ossipee 72k USS Ossipee at anchor in 1867 off Honolulu, T.H. with her crew manning the yards. This photograph has also been captioned as showing USS Lackwanna, but is actually Ossipee in her 1862-1872 configuration.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 51182, Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation; Collection of W. Beverley Mason Jr., 1962.    		 Robert Hurst
    Ossipee 37k USS Ossipee at anchor in her 1873-78 configuration, with her 11" pivot gun mounted between the main & mizzen masts.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 45369    		 Robert Hurst
    Ossipee 68k USS Ossipee at anchor in her 1884-89 configuration, with her 8" rifled pivot gun mounted forward of the stack.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 45054    		 Robert Hurst
    Ossipee 92k USS Ossipee at anchor in her 1884-89 configuration.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 45370    		 Robert Hurst
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