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USS Maratanza (I)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Octorara Class Sidewheel Gunboat:

Built in 1861 at Boston Navy Yard as a double ender, wooden steamer

Launched, 26 November 1861

Commissioned USS Maratanza at Boston 12 April 1862, CDR. G. H. Scott in command

During the Civil War USS Maratanza participated in the Following campaigns/actions;

Peninsula Campaign on the York and James Rivers from April to September 1862

Participated in the capture of Yorktown. 3 May 1862

Engaged and captured CSS Teaser, 4 July 1862

Northern Blockading Squadron off Wilmington, N.C., 15 September 1862

Assisted in capture of sloop Express, 4 May 1863

Captured Sloop Ceres, 7 December 1863

Participated in the bombardment of Fort Fisher 24 and 25 December 1864 and 13 to 15 January 1865

Captured steamers SS Stag and SS Charlotte 20 January 1865

Participated in the bombardment and capture of Fort Anderson, 19 February 1865

Decommissioned, 21 June 1865, at Portsmouth, N.H., Navy Yard

Sold to A. B. & C. W. Lewis in 1868

Subsequently served as a Haitian gunboat under the names Salnave and Union

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 786 t.
Length 209'
Beam 32'
Draft 9' 6"
Speed 10 kts
Complement unknown

Armament

one 100-pdr

one 9" gun

four 24-pdrs

Propulsion steam

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
81k	"Rendezvous of Our Fleet in James River, off City Point, -- Drawn on the Spot, May 29, 1862" A line engraving, published in "Harper's Weekly", Volume of January-June 1862, page 390. depicting the U.S. Navy ships (listed as shown, from left to right) USS Maratanza (I), USS Wachusett (I), USS Aroostook (I), USS Monitor, USS Mahaska and USS Galena (I) operating on the James River in support of General McClellan's army. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 59206	NHHC
60k	USS Maratanza circa 1862-65. She has windsails rigged for ventilation below decks. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 46629.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
86k	Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", July-December 1862, page 486, depicting USS Maratanza in the foreground, firing on and capturing CSS Teaser in the James River, Virginia, 4 July 1862. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 59216.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
103k	CDR. Milton Haxton command USS Maratanza while assigned to the North Atlantic Blocking Squadron in 1864. Photo from the collections of the US Library of Congress.	Bill Gonyo

USS Maratanza (I)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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