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USS Picket (I)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Purple Heart (8 Sept, 1862, 19 KIA, 6 WIA) - Civil War Medal

Gunboat:

Built,date and location unknown

Launched, date unknown

Purchased by the Union navy, circa late 1861

Commissioned USS Picket, date unknown, LT. Sylvester D. Nicoll, in command

During the Civil War USS Picket was assigned as flagship for Major General Amborse E. Burnside's expedition along the North Carolina coast

Picket participated in the landing of Federal troops at Roanoke Island, New Bern and Fort Macon, North Carolina

Sunk by a Confederate force, 6 September 1862, in the Tar River at Washington, N.C. with 19 crewmen including the captain killed and 6 others wounded

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length unknown
Beam unknown
Draft unknown
Depth of Hold unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown
Propulsion steam, single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	277k	USS Picket leading the ships of the Burnside expedition over the Hatteras Bar, 22 January 1862. *Picket* is the ship to the right of the paddle tug in the center of the illustration, the other ships are unidentified. "The Illustrated London News", 22 Feb. 1862.		Tommy Trampp
	2093k	USS Picket Civil War Trails interpretive marker on the Washington, N.C. waterfront.		Tommy Trampp

USS Picket (I)
History located at NCpedia.org

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