USS Genesee (1862)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Launched | 2 April 1862 |
| Commissioned | 3 July 1862 |
| Decommissioned | 31 July 1865 |
| Renamed | Hattie C. Besse |
| Homeport | San Francisco, California |
| Identification | U.S. Official Number 11851 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 803 tons |
| Length | 209 ft (64 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft 11 in (10.64 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Propulsion | Inclined, Direct Acting Steam Engine built by Neptune Iron Works side-wheel steamer - Double-ender |
| Speed | 8.5 knots |
| Complement | 113 |
| Armament | 1 10-inch Dahlgren, 1 100 pounder Parrot rifle, 4 24-pounder Howitzer, 4 11-inch Dahlgren |
USS Genesee was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
Service history
Genesee was launched 2 April 1862 by the
U.S. Grant in operations against Vicksburg, Mississippi
.
During the siege of Vicksburg to the north, Port Hudson was the Confederate stronghold to the south. In order to cut off supplies which were being shipped from the west, Farragut & Banks determined to run the fort at Port Hudson. For the dangerous passage, Farragut lashed
Albatross
made it past the Southern batteries.
Following needed repairs, Genesee continued to patrol the
Calhoun gave chase. As they closed, the blockade runner's captain burned his ship to the waterline rather than allow her capture. Genesee continued to operate off Mobile with Admiral Farragut and assisted in several captures as the Navy prepared for the assault on Mobile Bay. When the fleet steamed boldly into the bay on 5 August to engage the forts and Confederate squadron, Genesee remained outside until the passage was effected, then steamed up to open fire on Fort Morgan
.
Genesee was used subsequently as a
Philadelphia Navy Yard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 20 July 1865, and decommissioned there on 31 July 1865. She was sold 3 October 1867 to Michael G. Kimber of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was converted into a four-masted sailing ship operated commercially as Hattie C. Besse, U.S. official number 11851. She was the property of Messrs. Harris & Holman & Others in San Francisco, California,[citation needed] when she was stranded on the shoreline of the Washington Territory 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Cape Flattery on 20 November 1871.[1] Her crew were rescued.[2] She was on a voyage from San Francisco to the Burrard Inlet.[1]
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.