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USS Nonata

Schooner:
  • Built, date and location unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Captured off Tabasco by brig USS Porpoise (II), 21 August 1846, during the Mexican War
  • Commissioned USS Nonata, date unknown
  • Nonata was assigned to the "mosquito" fleet, the light-draft vessels that could fight inshore
  • On 23 October 1846 COMO. Matthew Perry attacked Frontera, (now Alvaro Obregon), which lies 7 miles up the Grijalva River
  • Leaving his flagship USS Mississippi at the mouth of the river because of her deep draft, steamer USS Vixen dashed in towing schooner USS Bonito, while steamer USRC McLane towed several barges. Nonata, under sail, brought up the rear
  • The attack was a complete success, netting 2 steamers and some coastal schooners
  • The following morning Perry proceeded up the Grijalva River to attack San Juan Bautista (now Hermosa Villa)
  • At 9 a.m. the squadron arrived at abandoned Fort Acacchappa, where a landing party spiked the guns
  • Arriving at San Juan Bautista at noon, the squadron captured 5 more vessels
  • The town was then occupied; however, Perry did not possess enough men for garrison duty, so he withdrew to Anton Lizardo with his prizes
  • On 14 November COMO. David Conner led a large force including Nonata to capture Tampico
  • No resistance was met, and this important city fell to the United States Navy
  • Into 1847 Nonata served as dispatch ship
  • During March 1847, while on her way to Tampico for water, Nonata was caught in a "norther" and sustained severe hull damage
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • After the Mexican War she was sold for $4,420
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 122t.
    Length un known
    Beam unknown
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament one 42-pdr
    Propulsion sail
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