page_title: USS Oneida (1861)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Oneida (1861)
caption_attribution_description: English: Library of Congress description: The sinking of the United States steamer Oneida off the port of Yokohama, Japan, Sunday, January 23
context_page_description: The second USS Oneida was a screw sloop-of-war in the United States Navy. During the Civil War, she destroyed the CSS Governor Moore and served in blockade operations. She was attached to the Asiatic Squadron from 1867–1870. She sank in 1870 outside Yokohama, Japan after collision with the British steamer Bombay. A court of inquiry, headed by the local British consul, found the officers of Oneida were responsible for the collision, with Bombay's captain being blamed for not staying at the scene to render assistance - a decision that caused some controversy. A less exhaustive U.S. naval court of inquiry laid the blame entirely on the Bombay's actions. Japanese fishing boats saved 61 sailors but 125 men lost their lives. The American government made no attempt to raise the wreck and sold it to a Japanese wrecking company. The company recovered many bones from the wreck and interred them at their own expense. The Japanese erected a memorial tablet on the grounds of Ikegami Temple in Tokyo and held a Buddhist ceremony in the sailor's memory in May 1889.
context_section_description: The second USS Oneida was a screw sloop-of-war in the United States Navy.  During the Civil War, she destroyed the CSS Governor Moore and served in blockade operations.  She was attached to the Asiatic Squadron from 1867–1870.  She sank in 1870 outside Yokohama, Japan after collision with the British steamer Bombay. A court of inquiry, headed by the local British consul, found the officers of Oneida were responsible for the collision, with Bombay's captain being blamed for not staying at the scene to render assistance - a decision that caused some controversy. A less exhaustive U.S. naval court of inquiry laid the blame entirely on the Bombay's actions. Japanese fishing boats saved 61 sailors but 125 men lost their lives.  The American  government made no attempt to raise the wreck and sold it to a Japanese wrecking company.  The company recovered many bones from the wreck and interred them at their own expense.  The Japanese erected a memorial tablet on the grounds of Ikegami Temple in Tokyo and held a Buddhist ceremony in the sailor's memory in May 1889.
caption: The sinking of USS Oneida off Yokohama, Japan, 24 January 1870.
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