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USS Kate
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Medal
Gunboat (Tinclad No.55):
Built as Kate B. Porter 1864 at Belle Vernon, PA.
Launched, date unknown
Purchased, 23 December 1864, by the Navy at Cincinnati, OH., from J. B. Porter & Son
Converted into a gunboat at Mount City, IL.
Commissioned at Mound City, IL., circa January 1865, Acting Volunteer Lt. W. R. Wells in command.
Kate was initially assigned to patrol duty on the Mississippi River from Mound City to Memphis
She was ordered downstream, 28 April 1865, to intercept Confederate President Jefferson Davis in his flight toward freedom in exile.
After his capture, she returned up the river to assist in the demobilization of the squadron.
The Gunboat was sent to the Tennessee River to clear away the hulks of a number of sunken gunboats and barges
In August she was ordered to Jefferson Barracks Reserve to discharge her ordnance and to assist in disarming other vessels
One of the last vessels in the Mississippi to remain on naval duty, Kate decommissioned at Mound City, 25 March 1866
Sold at public auction, 16 April 1866
Redocumented as James J. Trover, 12 April 1866
Final Disposition, stranded 300 miles below Fort Benton, Mont., 21 June 1867
Specifications:
Displacement 242 t.
Length 160ft
Beam 31ft
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft 5'6"
Speed 5 kts
Complement unknown
Armament
two 20-pdr Parrott rifles
two 12-pdr howitzers
six 24-pdr howitzers
Propulsion
steam engine
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USS Kate
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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Last Updated 3 November 2023