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USS Mary Sanford
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Campaign Medal
Screw Steamer:
Built in 1862 as the wooden screw steamer Mary Sanford at Stonington, CT.
Launched in 1862
Purchased for the Navy by RADM. H. Paulding, 13 July 1863 at Philadelphia, PA. from William R. Dinsmore for $100,000
Commissioned USS Mary Sanford, 20 August 1863, at the New York Navy Yard, Acting Master's Mate Alfred P. Hich in command
USS Mary Sanford was assigned to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron serving as a transport during 1863, ferrying sick men to northern ports, towing merchant tug
John Adams from Morris Island to Port Royal 5 September, and carrying out buoys at Hampton Roads the 18th
She arrived Morris Island 1 November as a transport with ordnance stores, departing as a gunboat 24 December in the expedition to Murrell's Inlet to destroy a schooner trying to run the
blockade and to disperse Confederates that had been harassing Union gunboats there
After this successful expedition, Mary Sanford was stationed off Charleston as part of the blockade 4 January 1864, and served in the blockade there until transferring to Big
Scatilla River in the early autumn. With USS Braziliera, she freed slaves on a plantation on White Oak Creek, GA., 15 October, engaging and driving off
Confederate cavalry at Yellow Bluff
After the end of the war, Mary Sanford decommissioned, 21 June 1865, at Philadelphia Navy Yard
Sold at public auction in Philadelphia, 13 July 1865
Redocumented, 16 August 1865, she continued to serve American commerce until 1871
Final Disposition, fate unknown
Specifications:
Displacement 457 t.
Length 162'
Beam 31'6"
Depth of Hold 8'
Draft 12'6"
Speed 9 kts
Complement unknown
Armament
two 23-pdr guns
one 12-pdr rifle
Propulsion
two overhead, cylinder, slide value independent cut-off steam engines; cylinder diameter 26", stroke 30"
one boiler, two furnaces, with flues returning through tubes
twin screws
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Mary Sanford
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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Last Updated 9 January 2024