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USS Marigold (I)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Campaign Medal
Screw Tug:
Built in 1863 as the wood screw tug Marigold, at Philadelphia, PA.
Launched, date unknown
Purchased for the Navy by COMO. C.K. Stribling at Philadelphia, 13 June 1863, from Winsor & Co., for $23,700
Commissioned, the same day, 13 June 1863, at Philadelphia, PA., Acting Master L. H. Partridge in command
USS Marigold was assigned to the East Gulf Blockading Squadron, serving as a tug, dispatch boat, and blockader through the end of the Civil War
On 6 October Marigold shared in the capture of blockade runner, Last Trial, which was attempting to slip through the Union cordon of warships with salt for the
South
On 9 April 1864 while bringing mail from Key West, to Havana, she fired on English merehantman Belle, coming from Matamoras, Mexico; but the British ship reached safety in the
neutral port
On 25 February 1865, Marigold captured British schooner Salvadora in the Straits of Florida heading for the Confederate coast with an assorted cargo
After the war was over Marigold continued to serve in Key West Harbor through the summer
Decommissioned, date unknown, at New York
Sold at public auction at New York, 6 October 1866, for $6,200
Redocumented as William A. Hennessey, 30 December 1868
Final Disposition, the tug caught fire and was destroyed at New York City, 30 November 1875
Specifications:
Displacement 115 t.
Length 84'7"
Beam 18'9"
Depth of Hold 7'9"
Draft 7'
Speed unknown
Complement 17
Armament
one heavy 12-pdr
one 12-pdr rifle
Propulsion
one vertical condensing steam engine; cylinder diameter 26", stroke 26"
one horizontal tubular boiler
single screw
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Marigold (I)
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