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USS Port Royal

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Octorara Class Sidewheel Gunboat:

Laid down, date unknown, as Port Royal, a wooden, double-ended, by Thomas Stock, New York

Launched, 17 January 1862

Commissioned at New York Navy Yard, 26 April 1862

During the Civil War USS Port Royal was assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

Port Royal engaged Confederate batteries at Sewell’s Point, Va., 8 May 1862

Participated in the attack on Fort Darling, Drewry’s Bluff, on the James a week later

Participated in the attack Kingston, N.C. from 12 to 16 December 1862

At Apalachicola, FL. a ships landing party captured cotton and ordnance, 20 May 1863, again on 24 May a boat expedition captured sloop Fashion and burned a ship repair facility at Devil’s Elbow

In August 1864, Port Royal served with Rear Admiral Farragut during the operations in Mobile Bay, AL

Decommissioned 23 May 1866

Sold at Boston 3 October 1866

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 805 t.
Length 209'
Beam 35'
Depth of Hold 11' 6"
Draft 9'
Speed 9 kts
Complement unknown
Armament unknown Propulsion steam

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
135k	Contemporary pencil sketch, with colors of flags and smoke lightly worked in, depicting the Union ships; USS Galena, USS Monitor, USS Aroostook, USS Port Royal and USS Naugatuck (listed as shown, left to right) bombarding the Confederate Fort Darling at Drewry's Bluff, VA., 15 May 1862. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 82580-KN (Color).	Tommy Trampp
156k	Contemporary pencil sketch by F.H. Wilcke, depicting the Union ships; USS Galena, USS Monitor, USS Aroostook, USS Port Royal and USS Naugatuck (listed as shown, left to right) under the command of Commander John Rodgers bombarding the Confederate Fort Darling at Drewry's Bluff, VA., 15 May 1862. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 1998.	Tommy Trampp
39k	USS Port Royal arriving with troops at Warrenton, N.C.. Illustration from Frank Leslies's Illustrated Newspaper, August 1863.	Tommy Trampp
156k	Flag Officer Farragut ship's passing Fort Morgan during the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Drawing from the book "Under Both Flags" Veteran Publishing Co., © 1896. From left to right: USS Manhattan USS Tecumseh USS Brooklyn USS Octorara USS Hartford USS Metacomet USS Richmond USS Port Royal USS Lackawanna USS Seminole USS Monongahela and USS Kennebec	Tommy Trampp

USS Port Royal
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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