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USS Nyanza

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Sidewheel Steamer (Tinclad No.41):
  • Built in 1863 at Belle Vernon, PA.
  • Purchased by the US Navy at Cincinnati Ohio, 4 November 1863
  • Commissioned USS Nyanza, 21 December 1863, at Mound City, IL., Acting LT. Samuel B. Washburn in command
  • During the Civil War, Nyanza patrolled the Mississippi and its tributaries protecting Union lines of communication and supply
  • She captured schooner J. W. Wilder, 15 March 1864, in the Atchafalaya River, LA.
  • Took schooner Mandoline, 13 April 1864, in Atchafalaya Bay, LA. laden with cotton
  • Decommissioned at New Orleans, 21 July 1865
  • Sold at public auction, 12 August 1865, at New Orleans to Owen Finnegan.
  • Redocumented 26 August 1865, the side wheeler remained in merchant service until 1873.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 203 t.
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Draft unknown
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    six 24-pdr howitzers
    Propulsion
    steam engines
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