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USS Adela

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Sidewheel steamer:

Built 1859 by James & George Thomson, Glasgow

Owned by Ardrossan Steam Nav. Co, manager Robert Henderson, Belfast, 31 August 1859

Sold as a blockade runner 1862, captured near Bahamas, 7 July 1862

Purchased by the US Navy 23 May 1863

Fitted out at New York Navy Yard for blockade duty off the Confederate coast

Commissioned USS Adela, circa 13 June 1863, Acting Volunteer LT. Louis N. Stodder, in command

Assigned to the East Gulf Blockading Squadron

Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 23 June 1865

Final Disposition, sold at public auction at New York, 30 November 1865, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 585 t.
Length 211'
Beam 23' 6"
Depth 12'
Draft 9' 3"
Speed 12 kts
Complement 70
Armament

two 20-pdr Parrott rifles

four 24-pdr smoothbores
Propulsion steam and sail

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	795k	Drawing by George H. Rogers, of USS Adela depicting the ship "on blockading service off the coast of Florida, winter of 1863". The artist served on board Adela as a Pharmacist's Mate. Photo courtesy of Charles Rodgers Lord. US Navy photo # NH 67250 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command		Tommy Trampp

Commanding Officers
01	Act. Vol. LT. Stodder, Louis N.	13 June 1863 - 30 November 1864
02	Act. Master Coffin, Edwin	22 February 1865 - 23 June 1865


Courtesy Bill Gonyo

USS Adela
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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