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USS Fort Morgan
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USS Admiral (1864)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Medal
Screw Steamer:
Built in 1863 by S. H. Pook, Fair Haven, CT., as the screw steamer Admiral
Launched, date unknown
Purchase for the Navy, 8 January 1864, by RADM. Gregory from George Griswold for $175,000
Commissioned, USS Admiral, 5 February 1864, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant W. B. Eaton in command
Renamed USS Fort Morgan, 1 September 1864.
Assigned as a storeship for the ships of the Gulf Blockading Squadrons, USS Fort Morgan sailed from New York and other east coast ports with provisions, munitions,
passengers, and general stores for ships on station between Key West and Galveston
Several times while making passage from one port to another on this duty she gave chase to blockade runners, capturing steamer Ysabel out of Havana, 28 May 1864, and
two small schooners in November
Decommissioned at New York, 22 August 1865
Sold at public auction, 5 September 1865, New York, N.Y.
Final Disposition, fate unknown
Specifications:
Displacement 1,249 t.
Length 220'
Beam 34'6"
Depth of Hold 10'2"
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament
one 30-pdr Parrott rifle; one 20-pdr Parrott rifle
two 12-pdr rifles
two 24-pdr howitzers
Propulsion
two vertical steam engines, cylinder dimension 36' stroke 36"
one boiler, three furnaces
twin screws
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