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USS Harriet Lane
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USRC Harriet Lane

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Sidewheel Steamer:

Built in 1857 as the Revenue Cutter Harriet Lane for the US Treasury Department, by William H. Webb at New York City

Launched in November 1857

Served as the Treasury Department revenue cutter USRC Harriet Lane

Temporary assigned to the US Navy in late 1858 during the Water Witch Affair for service in Paraguayan waters in support of US policy

Resumed duties with the Revenue Service circa 1859

Transferred to the Navy 30 March 1861

During the Civil War USS Harriet Lane participated in the following:

Northern Blockading Squadron

Expedition to Charleston Harbor S.C. in April 1861 to supply Fort Sumter garrison

Attack of Forts Clark and Hatteras in North Carolina in August 1861

Mississippi Mortar Flotilla

Captured Confederate schooner Joanna Ward off Florida in February 1862

Attack of Forts Jackson and St. Philip below New Orleans in April 1862

Assisted in the capture of Galveston, TX. in October 1862

Captured by Confederate forces at Galveston, 1 January 1863

Assigned to the Confederate Army's Marine Department of Texas

Converted to a blockade runner, renamed SS Lavinia

Interned at Havana in 1864

Recovered from Cuba in 1867, converted to a bark rig, renamed Elliott Richie

Final Disposition, abandoned off Pernambuco, Brazil, 13 May 1884, presumed lost

Specifications:
Displacement 539 lt. 730 t. fl
Length 175' 5"
Beam 30' 5"
Draft 13'
Speed 13kts
Complement 95

Armament

one 4" Parrott gun on forecastle

one 9" Dahlgren gun before the first mast

two 8" Dahlgren Columbiad guns

two 24 pdr brass Howitzers

Propulsion

steam - double-right angled marine engine with two side paddles

sail

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Harriet Lane
	218k	Pen and ink plan drawing of the US Revenue Cutter *Harriet Lane* US Coast Guard photo..	Robert Hurst
	276k	US Revenue Cutter *Harriet Lane* US Library of Congress photo # 3a48163u .	Bill Gonyo
	92k	Halftone reproduction of a wash drawing by Clary Ray, circa 1898 of USS Harriet Lane US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 57614.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	358k	Ships of The Paraguay Squadron under way. Ships are from left to right: USS Water Witch next the flag-ship USS Sabine; next to USS Fulton; behind *Fulton* is USS Western Port (later USS Wyandotte); next is USS Harriet Lane; behind *Harriet Lane* is USS Supply; and next the bow of USS Memphis. Artist unknown. Image from Harper's Weekly, New York, 16 October 1858.	Robert Hurst
	155k	Print of USS Harriet Lane copied from a 19th Century publication. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 53632.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	400k	Union mortar steamers bombard Fort Jackson at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. From left to right the ships are USS Clifton, USS USS Westfield, USS Owasco, and USS Harriet Lane. Signed by J. Davidson. Image from p. 74 of the 1887 book Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, by Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Brough Buel, being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon the Century War Series, volume 2. Courtesy of the British Library from its digital collections.	Robert Hurst
	120k	Engraving, published in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper", 1861, depicting USS Harriet Lane engaging a Confederate battery at Pig's Point, on the Nansemond River opposite Newport News, VA., 5 June 1861. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 73753.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	146k	"Departure of the Great Southern Expedition, under General Butler, from Fortress Monroe". Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1861". depicting the departure of the fleet, 26 August 1861, en route to attack Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina. Ships identified in the title line are (left to right): USS Harriet Lane; USS Wabash; USS Minnesota; USS Monticello and USS Pawnee and Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # 58130	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	93k	"Bombardment of Forts Hatteras & Clark, by the U.S. Fleet" "Under the command of Flag Officer Silas H. Stringham, on the 28th and 29th of August 1861" A colored lithograph by J.P. Newell after a drawing by Francis Garland, Seaman in USF Cumberland, published by J.H. Buford, Boston, Massachusetts, 1862. Features identified below the image are (from left to right): USS Susquehanna; tug *Fanny; Fort Hatteras; USS Harriet Lane; Fort Clark; USS Cumberland; steamer Adelaide; USS Minnesota; steamer George Peabody; USS Wabash; USS Pawnee; and USS Monticello. Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # 66576-KN (Color)*	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	81k	Halftone reproduction of a wash drawing by Clary Ray, circa 1898, of USS Harriet Lane US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 57514.	Tommy Trampp
098619914	96k	Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862, depicting U.S. Navy mortar schooners shelling the Confederate forts defending the lower Mississippi River, 20 April 1862. Ships in the foreground are USS Harriet Lane (left) and USS Oneida (right). US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 59064.	Robert Hurst
	182k	Engraving, published in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper", 1861, depicting USS Harriet Lane being captured by Confederate forces January 1, 1863 at Galveston, TX.	Tommy Trampp
	94k	Confederate gunboat *Bayou City* captures USS Harriet Lane during the Battle of Galveston, Texas, 1 January 1863. Engraving published in Harper's "History of the Great Rebellion", page 421, depicting Confederates boarding *Harriet Lane* from C.S. gunboats *Neptune* and *Bayou City. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 42911*	Robert Hurst
	134k	Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862, based on a sketch by an officer of USS Mississippi depicting Commodore Farragut's Squadron and Captain Porter's Mortar Fleet entering the Mississippi River at the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi, circa 7 April 1862. Features identified in the engraving's title lines include (from left to right): Light-house on Southwest Pass; USS Colorado (in left foreground); USS Pensacola on the bar; USS Westfield (seen nearly stern-on); Porter's mortar fleet, heading up the river; USS Mississippi on the bar; USS Harriet Lane (side-wheel steamer at the rear of the mortar fleet); USS Connecticut (in right foreground); USS Clifton; town of Banona. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 59059	Robert Hurst
	195k	Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1863. USS Harriet Lane is shown in the left distance, under attack by the Confederate gunboats *Neptune* and *Bayou City. The grounded USS Westfield* is at right, being blown up to prevent capture. USS Owasco is in the center of the view. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 59141	Robert Hurst
	94k	1898 Print of a Civil War artists etchings..."Capture of the Union steamer "[USS] HARRIET LANE" in Galveston harbor, By two Confederate steamers, protected by cotton bales".	Tommy Trampp
098619913	262k	Magruder's Confederates storm aboard USS Harriet Lane during the engagement in Galveston harbor. "Civil War Sea Battles" Chapter XII, Page 163.	Tommy Trampp
	158k	Model of USS Harriet Lane. Courtesy WoodenModelShips.com	Tommy Trampp
	160k	Captain John Faunce was the commanding officer of the revenue cutter USRC Harriet Lane at the onset of the Civil War. He was in command when she fired the “first naval shot” of the Civil War outside Charleston Harbor. US Library of Congress photo.	Bill Gonyo