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USS Fulton (II)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Side wheel steamer:

Laid down, date unknown, at New York Navy Yard

Launched, 18 May 1837

Commissioned, 13 December 1837, CAPT. M. C. Perry in command

USS Fulton entered service along the Atlantic coast conducting ordnance experiments and training officers in gunnery

Decommissioned, 23 November 1842, at New York

Fulton was essentially a harbor defense ship and proved unsuitable for cruising missions

Rebuilt at New York Navy Yard in 1851 as a more conventional warship

Recommissioned, 25 January 1852, for duty with the Home Squadron in the West Indies

During this period of service USS Fulton's primary duties consisted of transporting government officials and protecting merchantmen against search on the high seas, and

Participated in the expedition to Nicaragua in 1857 to break up William Walker's filibustering activities

In 1858 obtained the release of five American merchant ships held at Tampico, Mexico, by revolutionary forces.

From October 1858 to May 1859 participated in the "Water Witch Affair" operations to improve relations with Paraguay

Decommissioned, 7 May to 30 July 1859 at Norfolk, VA.

Recommissioned to cruise off Cuba to assist in the suppression of the slave trade

Damaged by grounding off Cuba, decommissioned, mid-October 1859, at Pensacola

Captured by Confederate forces, 12 January 1861

Destroyed during the evacuation of Pensacola Navy Yard by the Confederates in May 1862

Specifications:
Displacement 720 t.
Length 180'
Beam 34' 8"
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft 13'
Speed 10 kts
Complement 130
Armament

four 32-pdrs

Propulsion sail and steam

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
098642909 NA 75841637	318k	Plans for the Steamer USS Fulton (II)Sheets 1 and 2.,Unknown author. Department of the Navy. Bureau of Construction and Repair. 1862-1940. US National Archives, cataloged under the National Archives Identifiers (NAID) 75841637 and 75841639	Robert Hurst
098642908 NA 75841639	250k		Robert Hurst
	63k	Pen and ink drawing by Samuel War Stanton depicting USS Fulton as first completed, circa 1837. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 65462, from the collections of the Navy Department, 1967.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	168k	Pen and ink drawing, with associated text, by Samuel War Stanton depicting USS Fulton as first completed, circa 1837, with three masts and four smokestacks. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 65484, from the collections of the Navy Department, 1967.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	71k	Watercolor by Erik Heyl, 1955, of USS Fulton, painted for use in his book "Early American Steamers", Volume V. It depicts the ship as originally built, circa 1837. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 63701, courtesy of Erik Heyl.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	110k	Drawing depicting USS Fulton as originally completed, circa 1837. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 53971, courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution, from the Skerritt Collection, Bethlehem Steel Corporation Archives.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	147k	Engraving depicting USS Fulton under way, following her 1851 reconstruction. Copied from Charles B. Stuart's "Naval & Mail Steamers of the U.S.". US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 58838.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
098642906	204k	Wood engraving of the side-wheel steamer USS Fulton, at anchor, location unknown, circa 1854. Engraver unknown. Source - Period Papers.com	Robert Hurst
098642907	166k	Print of the side-wheel steamer USS Fulton underway. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 456.	Robert Hurst
	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

USS Fulton (II)
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