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USS Phlox

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Campaign Medal

Sidewheel Steamer:

Built in 1864 as the wooden sidewheel steamer F.W. Lincoln at Boston, MA/

Launched, date unknown

Purchased, 2 August 1864, for the Navy by RADM S.H. Stringham from McKay & Aldus at Boston, MA. for $72,000

Renamed Phlox, the same day at Boston Navy Yard

Commissioned USS Phlox, 14 September 1864, at Boston Navy Yard , Act.ENS. Douglas F. O'Brien in command

Phlox was assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

She steamed south late in September and operated in the James River helping maintain communications among the Union ships, supporting General Grant's operations against Richmond

In January 1865 she steamed to Wilmington to support the joint Army-Navy attack on Ft. Fisher, N. C. which doomed Wilmington

After Ft. Fisher fell, Phlox returned to the James River where she served through the end of the war

Decommissioned, 28 July 1865, at the Washington Navy Yard

Later that year Phlox was moved to Annapolis and subsequently served in a non-commissioned status as practice ship for midshipmen at the Naval Academy until 1873

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 317 t.
Length 145'
Beam 24'
Depth of Hold 9'
Draft 6'
Speed 12kts
Complement 32
Armament unknown

Propulsion

one overhead beam Sickle's cut-off steam engine; cylinder diameter 28", stroke 90"

one return flue, two furnace boiler

two sidewheels

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0986110101	346k	*Namesake* Phlox - Is a genus of 67 species of perennial and annual plants in the family Polemoniaceae. They are found mostly in North America (one in Siberia) in diverse habitats from alpine tundra to open woodland and prairie. Some flower in spring, others in summer and fall. Flowers may be pale blue, violet, pink, bright red, or white. Many are fragrant. Photo by Atilin - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4702691
0986110102	104k	Ships USS Passaic, USS Phlox, and USS Santee, wharves, and buildings, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 1883-1892. Digital Maryland		John Spivey

Phlox
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