USS J. C. Kuhn
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Launched | 1859 |
| Acquired | 6 July 1861 |
| Commissioned | 23 August 1861 |
| Fate | Sold, 7 July 1869 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 888 |
| Length | 153 ft (47 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 5 in (4.09 m) |
| Propulsion | sail |
| Complement | 61 |
| Armament | four 32-pounder guns |
USS J. C. Kuhn was a capacious
stores ship in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate
waterways.
Service history
J. C. Kuhn was a wooden bark of two decks and three masts built at
Fort Pickens, Florida, to begin her record of dependable service carrying fuel, food, lumber, and water to Union ships in the Gulf of Mexico and the lower Mississippi River. She arrived below Vicksburg, Mississippi, on 27 June 1862 loaded with coal for Flag Officer David Farragut's ships the day before they daringly steamed under the Southern batteries there to join forces with Flag Officer Davis's Mississippi Flotilla, which had been fighting its way south along the river. She remained below Vicksburg supporting Comdr. David Dixon Porter
's Mortar Flotilla while Farragut operated above the Confederate stronghold until his ships had again run the gauntlet to rejoin Porter on 15 July.
She then sailed down river with Farragut and resumed her duty of transporting supplies from
Battery
on 7 April, and 3 days later was renamed Purveyor. As Purveyor, she supplied the European and South Atlantic Squadrons and served as a store ship before being sold at New York to P. H. Fay on 7 July 1869.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.