The National tribune., 1901-05-09
THE OLD=TiME NAVY.
Vessels Which Did Good Service
in the Rebellion Still on Duty.

5--7F
OF the vessels Of the United Stlte
: Navy, which did duty during the rebellion
, but ~ remain on the active list.
HE CanonicuS was built in 1862 as
sIngle-turret monitor. Her displaceme
was 2,l0O tons, with battery OF two II
inch smoothbore guns and 12-pounde
howItzers. This vessel engaged the bat
: terry at Howlett's, James River, in 1S A
ana bombarded Fort Fisher i'll 1864 'G5
: She was struck 36 times during the frs
: days fghting at Fort Fisher and bLdl.
cut up. The Canoncus participated in tn
capture or the prizes Beatrice, Nov. u
1854; the Celt, January, 1865. and th
| Deer February, 1865, off Charleston. SIN
Is now at anchor at the Navy Yard a
Philadelphia
The Catskill. another single turre
monitor, was built in 1862, 1875 tons dis
placement. She was equipped with bat
terry of two 15-inch smOothbore guns. She
was engaged against the forts in Char. es
ton HarbOr under Admiral Dupont She
attacked Forts Morgan and Morris isl. .nt
July 10, 1863, and was hit 81 times. These
forts were attacked n number of tines
in each of which the Catskill participated
ana she was present at the time of Their
evacuation. Commander Rogers was
killed on board of her Aug. II, 1853. The
Catskill is now at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard.
The Constellation, built at Baltimore in
1877, is wooden sailing sloop of 1,1SG
tons displacement. Her active service
! during the civil war was confined to
searching the waters of the Mediterranean
for Confederate privateers. The sloop is
now used as training ship at Newport,
| Il. /.
The cruiser Lancaster, $3.50 tons dis
placement, built in 1853, Il guns, is a
wooden vessel, now stationed as a train
ing ship at the Pacific station. While off
| Panama in 1864 her crew seized a party
or Confederate officers who were on board
the steamer Salvador
The Lehigh, a single turret monitor,
1870 tons displacement, was built in 1862
and was armed with a main and second
ary battery, the former consisting of two
10-1nch smoothbore guns, and the latter
OF two 12-pOunder howitzers. During the
rebellion she was assigned to the South
Atlantic Squadron. She was engag, d in
the bombardment Of Fort Sumter, cover
fort on the night of Sept. 8, 1868. The
monitor assisted in the destruction OF the
fresto at Sullivan's Island, and also did
picket duty off Charleston She is now
at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
The Mahopec, another single turret
monitor, was built in 1862, and is of 2, 100
tons displacement This monitor was &c.
Fisher, and was present at the eYacua-
ton OF Charleston. Her armament was
the same as that of the Lehigh.
The Manhattan, sister monitor TO the
last two named, saw service as part of
the Mississippi Squadron. She was en-
gagged in the attacks upon the forts at
Mobile, and with Farragut received the
surrender of the ram Tennessee; was en-
gagged against Fort Morgan, and was pres
ent at the time of its surrender. She is
now at Philadelphia.
The Minnesota, 4 cruiser of f. 100 tons
displacement, nine guns was not actively
engaged in the civil war. She is now
turned over to the use of the Massachu-
sets Naval Reserves.
The Monocacy, an iron steamship, 80
tons, is a two-masted schooner and has
an armament of 37-mm. Hotchkiss revoIv-
ing cannon. She is now with the Asiatic
Squadron. She has no civil war record.
The MOnongahela, 2,100 tons, screw
propeller steamer, six guns, is now used
ing the civil war she was assigned to the |
West Gulf Squadron She attempted, with !
Farragut, to pass the batteries at Port I
Hudson, on the night of March 14-15 |
1868 She became disabled and badly cut /
up. In this engagement six of her crew /
were killed and IL wounded, including her /
Captain, McKinstry She became later
a Lieutenant on her at the time. Her
Abner Read, was wounded in
an attack upon her from the batteries at
Nine. NincheSters plantation. near Don
Ildsonville, in 1863. The MononsahelI
also took an active part in the engage
nents at Mobile
The monitor Montauk. s.ng'e turret,
$40 tons displacement was assigned to
he South Atlantic Squadron and took
part IN the first and second attack on Fort
destroyed the Confederate
steamer Nashville, and was hit As times
She was injured by the explosion of
orpedo under her port boiler while return
ng from the destruction OF the Nashville
She attacked Fort Sumter and partiCi-
,ated i'll the Smelling of Fort Wayne. She
$ now lying at the Philadelphia Navy
lard.
The monitor Nahant is now at Philadel-
,hia. With the Weehawken she CAPTURED
he Confederate ram Atlanta in NASSAU
sound in 1863. and participated in the en-
in Charleston Harbor.
The monitor Nantucket is offered for
ale by the Government. She was struck
IL times in Charleston HaFbor engage
nents and helped capture the British
steamer Jupiter at sea. She is also at
Philadelphia.
The wooden sailing ship New Hamp-
hire did not engage in active service in
he rebellion, but was used as a store ship
It Port Royal. She is now at dock in
New, York and has been turned over to
he State naval militia.
The Dale is a sloop of war, built in
$50, GT5 tons. In 1894 she was turned !,
yer to the State of Maryland for the use
f its naval militia. During the rebellion
he Dale cruised in search Of the Con
ederate privateer jeff Davis. She cap
ured the Confederate schoOners Specie |
nd Mabel. Afterward she was used as a l
tore and guardship at Port Royal. She
vent out of commission at Philadelphia in
SG2, but was recommissioned as ordnance
hip at Key West, Fla, during the Span
sh war.
The steamer Franklin is revenue ship, I
ow at Norfolk, Va.
The Hartford has record during the I
ebellion SO well known as to need no !
urther telling. She is first-class sIoop t
{ war, ship rugged, and was built in 1853.
he is now on her way to Venezuela. She S
as an armament Of Is guns.
The Independence, sailing vessel OF |
rood, built in 1887, 3,270 tons dispIace- B
lent, is used as temporary barracks for +
larines at Mare Island, Cal. 4
The Iroquois, 1.5T5 tons, is now in the
larine Hospital Service. She was in ac- t
we service in the lower Mississippi before v
he passage of the forts. She bonn
arded Forts Jackson and st. Philips, and {
Tas in the general engagements in that Y
action. She towed fire RATS ashore and p
rotected the mortar boats. She passed a
ne forts at New Orleans, and her officers a
oisted the flag over the United States v
.rsenal at Baton Rouge. a
The screw steamer Pensacola, 5000 l
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