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USS Ino
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Campaign Medal
Ship:
Built as the Clipper Ship Ino, in 1851 by Perrine, Patterson & Stack of Williamsburg, NY. Owners Sifkin & Ironside.
launched, date unknown
Purchased by board composed of J.M. Forbes et al., 30 August 1861 at Boston, MA. for $40,000
Commissioned USS Ino, at the Boston Navy Yard 23 September 1861, LT. J. P. Cressy in command
Unusual speed and large storage space suited her ideally for long-range cruising against Confederate commerce raiders
Her first duty began 27 September when she departed Boston in search of "rebel pirates."
When word came that the South's famed cruiser CSS Sumter, under the command of CAPT. Raphael Semmes, was in European waters, Ino
sailed from Boston 5 February 1862 and reached Cadiz 13 days and 16 hours later
She assisted USS Kearsarge and USS Tuscarora to blockade Semmes
at Gibraltar where he vainly sought repairs. Semmes finally abandoned Sumter at Gibraltar in order to get back into action
Back in Boston, Ino was ordered to Port Royal, S.C., for duty in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron 4 August 1862
On her voyage south she captured the French bark La Manche attempting to run the Charleston blockade, 23 August
Six days later she arrived at St. George, Bermuda, to obtain from the American consul the latest information on blockade running activity in that quarter
She got underway the next day at the behest of the neutrality-conscious governor of Bermuda and made Port Royal 7 September
Only 4 days later she set sail for New York to be prepared for a cruise in search of her old adversary, Semmes, who was now attacking northern merchantmen with his new raider,
CSS Alabama
USS Ino departed New York 5 November and cruised in the lanes frequented by American merchantmen and whalers, arriving at St. Helena 5 January 1863
She remained in waters off St. Helena until setting course for the United States 1 March. She arrived New York 15 April for repairs.
USS Ino departed New York, 29 May 1863, escorting California-bound clipper Aquilla carrying the disassembled parts of monitor
USS Comanche
After successfully shepherding her charge to safe waters well below the equator, she searched for CSS Alabama and CSS Florida
in waters ranging to the island of Fernando de Noronha, thence to New York, arriving 7 September 1863
After repairs at New York, Ino joined the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Disguised as a merchantman to lure CSS Florida into action, she cruised in the North Atlantic 24 October when she arrived Portland, Maine
USS Ino was transferred to the East Gulf Blockading Squadron 22 November where she served until after the end of the war
She returned to New York, 1 August 1865, and remained there under repairs until 16 October when she sailed to serve in the Mediterranean and off the coast of Portugal
Ino set-course for the United States 13 December 1866 and arrived Boston 25 January 1867
Decommissioned, 13 February 1866, at Boston, MA.
Sold at public auction 19 March 1867 to Samuel G. Reed for $12,500
After the sale, the ship was renamed Shooting Star and resold in 1886 renamed and reflagged as Finnish barque Ellen of Vasa under Captain Dahlstrom.
Specifications:
Displacement 805 t.
Length 160'6'
Beam 34'11"
Depth of Hold 17'5"
Draft, forward 17'6", aft 18'9"
Speed 14 Kts
Complement 144
Armament
1863 - six 32-pdrs 57 cwt, two 100-pdr Parrott rifles - three 30-pdr Parrott rifles
1864 add one 30-pdr Parrott rifle
Propulsion sail
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