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USS Carrabasset (I)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Medal
Sidewheel Steamer (Tinclad No.49):
Built in 1863 at Louisville, KY.
Launched, date unknown
Purchased by the US Navy at Cincinnati, OH., 23 January 1864
Commissioned USS Carrabasset, at New Orleans, LA., 12 May 1864, Acting Volunteer LT. E. Leonard in command
USS Carrabasset was assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron.
Carrabasset operated as transport, picket boat, and tug at the mouth of the Mississippi River, in Berwick Bay and the Atchafalaya River
On 21 March 1865, Carrabasset landed 40 infantrymen ashore, then was attacked herself by a party of Confederates. Putting a party of her own men ashore,
Carrabasset succeeded in capturing the equipment of a Confederate picket and several pirogues
On 17 June 1865, one of her landing party expeditions penetrated to St. Martinsville, LA., where the equipment of three lighthouses, stored there since the taking
of the lighthouses by the Confederates early in the war, was recaptured
Decommissioned, 25 July 1865, at New Orleans LA.
Sold at New Orleans, 12 August 1865
Final Disposition, fate unknown
Specifications:
Displacement 202 t.
Length 155'
Beam 31'7"
Depth of Hold 4'7"
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement 45
Armament
two 32-pdr guns
four 24-pdr smoothbores
Propulsion
steam engines
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USS Carrabasset (I)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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