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USS Howquah

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Sidewheel Steamer:

Built, date and location unknown

Launched, date unknown

Purchased in Boston from G. W. Upton 17 June 1863

Commissioned USS Howquah in June 1863, Acting Volunteer LT. E. F. Devens in command

Howquah departed Boston, 25 June 1863, to search for Confederate raider Tacony off Newfoundland banks

Returning to Boston in July Howquah was assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, off Wilmington, N.C.

Assisted in the capture of blockade runner Margaret and Jessie, 5 November 1863

Took SS Ella, 10 November 1863

Ran an unidentified blockade runner onto the beach to be wreck by heavy surf, 11 December 1864

Attacked salt works at Bear Inlet and Masonboro Sound, in December and April 1864, respectively

Assisted in preventing the Confederate ironclad ram CSS Raleigh from escaping from the harbor at Wilmington, 7 May 1864

Howquah, while chasing and firing on blockade runner Lynx, 25 September 1864, was caught in a cross fire from Fort Fisher and from "friendly guns" on two other Union ships, one of her bluejackets was killed and four others were wounded

Participated in the both attacks on Fort Fisher in December 1864 and again in January 1865

Transferred to Key West for duty in the East Gulf Blockading Squadron, at Saint George's Sound, FL.

Decommissioned, 22 June 1865, at Philadelphia, PA.

Sold at public auction 10 August 1865

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 460 t.
Length 120' 7"
Beam 22' 10"
Depth unknown
Draft 12'
Speed 10 kts
Complement unknown
Armament

two 30-pdr Parrott rifles

one 12-pdr rifle

one 12-pdr

Propulsion steam

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
098665601	351k	"Capture of Blockade Runner *Annie* October 31, 1864.-Sketch by Charles F. Ellmore." From left to right: USS Howquah; USS Alabama launch; USS Wilderness; USS Nipon; blockade runner *Annie; USS Kansas; USS Alabama*. Flickr - State Archives of North Carolina		John Spivey

USS Howquah
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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