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USS Mist (I)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Campaign Medal
Sternwheel Gunboat (Tinclad No.26):
Built in 1864 as a wooden sternwheel steamer at Allegheny PA.
Launched in 1864
Purchased for the Navy by Paymaster C.C. Jackson, 21 January 1865, from J.A. Williamson and J.G. Ishaim, for $38,500
Mist was converted into a gunboat during the first few months of 1865
Commissioned USS Mist, 2 March 1865, at Mound City, IL., Acting Master W. E. H. Fontress in command
USS Mist was assigned to the 8th District, Mississippi Squadron and patrolled the river protecting steamers and river settlements from desperadoes
Mist was decommissioned, 4 August 1865, at Mound City
Sold at public auction to C. C. Hutchinson, 17 August 1865
Documented as a merchant ship, she served American commerce on the Mississippi and its tributaries until 1874.
Final Disposition, fate unknown
Specifications:
Displacement 232 t.
Length 157'3"
Beam 30'4"
Depth of Hold 4'4"
Draft 4' laden
Speed 4½kts
Complement unknown
Armament
two 20-pdr Parrott rifles
four 24-pdrs
one 12-pdr
Propulsion
two steam engines; cylinder diameter 12", stroke 5"
two boilers
sternwheel
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Mist (I)
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