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NavSource Online: "Old Navy" Ship Photo Archive

USS Black Hawk (I)
ex
USS New Uncle Sam (1862)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Sidewheel Steamer (Tinclad):

Built in 1857 as SS Uncle Sam, at New Albany, IN.

Purchased by the Navy at Cairo, IL., 24 November 1862

Commissioned, USS New Uncle Sam, 6 December 1862, LCDR. K. R. Breese in command

Renamed USS Black Hawk, 13 December 1862

During the Civil War USS Black Hawk serviced as flagship of the Mississippi Squadron and;

Participated in the operations around Vicksburg, MS. (December 1862)

Capture of Fort Hindman, AR. (11 January 1863)

Attack on Haines Bluff, MS. (29 April-2 May)

Siege of Vicksburg (19 May-4 July)

Red River Expedition (12 March-29 May 1864)

Thereafter she patrolled in the Mississippi River and its tributaries

Accidentally burned and sank, 22 April 1865, three miles above Cairo

Raised and sold at St. Louis in April 1867

Final Disposition, fate unknown.

Specifications:
Displacement 902 t.
Length 260'
Beam 45' 6"
Depth 8'
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown

Armament

two 30-pdr rifles

one 12-pdr rifle

one 12-pdr smoothbore

Propulsion steam

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	549k	General Pope's division boarding steamers at the levee,Cairo, IL. in May 1862 to reinforce General Hallack near Corinth, MS. Steamers include *New Uncle Sam, Yankey* (*Yankee)* and *Aleck Scott*. Illustration from "The Illustrated London News", 31 May 1862.	Tommy Trampp
	183k	USS Black Hawk in 1863, while she was Admiral Porter's Flagship for the Mississippi Squadron. *Black Hawk* is tied up alongside a barge with an observation balloon aboard. US Navy Photo	Jim Kurrasch Battleship Iowa Pacific Battleship Center
	94k	USS Black Hawk in 1863, in the Mississippi River with a tug tied up alongside her starboard bow. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 49992	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	51k	USS Black Hawk on the Western Rivers, during the Civil War. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 49993	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	139k	USS Black Hawk moored to the bank of one of the Western Rivers, while serving as Mississippi Squadron flagship during the Civil War. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 56675	US Naval History and Heritage Command
098630005	145k	USS Black Hawk tied up on the Western Rivers, while serving as Mississippi Squadron flagship during the Civil War. Another river steamer is offshore, beyond *Black Hawk's bow. Missouri Historical Society. P0232-2979 same as US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 56676*	Robert Hurst
098630011	321k	USS Black Hawk tied up to a river bank sometime after May 1864. he photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities by Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-. Publ. by : New York : Review of Reviews Co.	Robert Hurst
	83k	Sepia wash drawing by F. Muller, circa 1900, of USS Black Hawk. Courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 55838	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	92k	Pen and ink drawing of USS Black Hawk by Samuel War Stanton, depicting the ship operating on the Western Rivers during the Civil War. Collections of the Navy Department, 1967. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 55838	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	99k	water color of USS Black Hawk depicting the ship operating on the Western Rivers during the Civil War.	Tommy Trampp
	152k	Currier & Ives Lithographed and hand colored Civil War Battle Scene print from 1960. "THE BOMBARDMENT AND CAPTURE OF FORT HINDMAN, ARKANSAS POST, ARK., JAN.11, 1863". Hand colored though silk-screen stencils this Civil War print came from a limited edition in 1960. Ships participating in the bombardment include: USS Baron De Kalb USS Cincinnati USS Louisville USS Black Hawk and USS Rattler	Tommy Trampp
	137k	Contemporary line engraving, after a sketch by Adam Rohe, depicting USS Black Hawk's destruction in an accidental fire on 22 April 1865, above Cairo, Illinois. Courtesy of George Stegmann. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 56677	US Naval History and Heritage Command