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Archer
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Medal
Fishing Schooner:
Built, date and location unknown
Launched, date unknown
Captured, 24 June 1863, off Portland, Maine, by Tacony under LT. Charles William Read, CSN
U.S. Navy was carrying on an intensive search for Tacony, LT. Read, in order to elude his pursuers transferred his force to Archer and
burned Tacony
Archer made for Portland, Maine when Read learned the U.S. Revenue Cutter Caleb Cushing was in port
On 27 June, Read and his men quietly boarded and seized Caleb Cushing, and locked her crew below in irons
Read planned to get the cutter away from Union shore batteries and then return before daylight and set fire to merchant shipping in the harbor
Archer and Caleb Cushing were unable to clear the Union forts before daybreak and found it impossible to return to carry out their plan
Later the morning of 27 June Caleb Cushing, surrounded by Federal ships, was fired by Read to prevent capture
Archer, as well as Read's crew from Caleb Cushing surrendered later in the day the United States merchant steamerForrest City
Specifications:
Displacement 90 t
Length unknown
Beam unknown
Draft unknown
Depth of Hold unknown
Speed unknown
Complement 21
Armament one 12-pdr howitzer
Propulsion sail
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Archer
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