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USS Spuyten Duyvil

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Screw Steamer Torpedo Boat:

Contract dated, 1 June 1864

Laid down, date unknown, as Stromboli, by S. M. Pook, at New Haven, CT.

Launched, date unknown

Renamed Spuyten Duyvil, 19 November 1864,

Commissioned, USS Spuyten Duyvil, date unknown

Successfully fired two torpedoes, 25 November 1864

Assigned to the James River, arriving at Norfolk, 5 December 1864

Spuyten Duyvil helped assure Union control of the James during Grant's drive on Richmond

Participated in the battle at Trent's Reach, 23-24 January 1865, in which Confederate ironclads attempted to attack Federal forces on the lower James

Following the war Spuyten Duyvil cleared obstructions on the James

Decommissioned and placed in ordinary at New York Navy Yard, in 1866

In the years that followed, she was used for developmental work and was modified with many experimental improvements

Disappeared from the Naval Register in 1880

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 207 t.
Length 75'
Beam 19' 6"
Depth 9'
Draft 8'
Speed 5 to 8 kts

Armor

Pilot house, 12" made up of 12 separate of 1" plates in layers.

Hull 5"

Deck 3"

Complement 23

Armament

one spar power-worked torpedo launcher

twelve 60-lb torpedo charges

Propulsion steam

Size	Image Description	Source
89k	1878 magazine engraving of US Torpedo Boat (Stromboli) USS Spuyten Duyvil.	Tommy Trampp
128k	Heavily retouched photograph, circa 1864, mounted on a mat containing four sketches and the following inscriptions: (at bottom) "U.S. Iron-clad Torpedo Boat '*Spuyten Duyvil' Designed by Chf. Engr. Wm. W.W. Wood U.S.N. Genl. Inspector &c. for the Navy"; and (at top) "Constructed for the Navy Department 1864." The sketches include (at top) two kinds of explosive shells for the ship's spar torpedoes; and (at bottom) the explosions of torpedo warheads during tests in May 1864. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Gift of Mrs. Wilmina deB. McGuire, 11 September 1944. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 75531*	Robert Hurst
109k	Engravings from the English magazine "Engineering", 26 October 1866, page 320, providing USS Spuyten Duyvil's outboard profile and an inboard profile of her "torpedo" machinery, which was designed by Chief Engineer William W.W. Wood, USN. Courtesy of the Navy Department Library, Washington, D.C. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 95112	Robert Hurst
110k	Engravings from the English magazine "Engineering", 26 October 1866, page 321, providing the interior plan of USS Spuyten Duyvil's "torpedo" machinery, which was designed by Chief Engineer William W.W. Wood, USN, and her exterior deck plan. Courtesy of the Navy Department Library, Washington, D.C. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 95113	Robert Hurst
121k	Bow view of the spar torpedo boat USS Spuyten Duyvil laid up at Brooklyn Navy Yard about 1870. Note the bow rudder has been removed. US Navy. photo, and text from "Warships of the Civil War Navies" by Paul H. Silverstone.	Robert Hurst

USS Spuyten Duyvil
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Text from the English magazine "Engineering", 26 October 1866, page 322 USS Spuyten Duyvil - Naval History and Heritage Command

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