USS Penguin (1861)
History | |
---|---|
United States | |
Name | USS Penguin |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | date unknown |
Acquired | 23 May 1861 |
Commissioned | 25 June 1861 |
Decommissioned | 24 August 1865 |
Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
Fate | Sold, 8 September 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Steamer |
Displacement | 389 long tons (395 t) |
Length | 155 ft (47 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 8 in (9.35 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 8 in (3.25 m) |
Propulsion |
|
Speed | 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
Complement | Unknown |
Armament | 1 × 12-pounder gun, 4 × 32-pounder guns |
USS Penguin 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.
Purchased at New York City in 1861
Penguin was purchased at New York City on 23 May 1861, was commissioned on 25 June 1861, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Thomas A. Budd in command.
East Coast operations
Assigned originally to the
On the 22nd, a boat crew from Penguin and
Gulf of Mexico operations
Later shifted to the Gulf of Mexico, Penguin patrolled off the Texas coast. On 8 July 1864, she assisted in the destruction – near Galveston, Texas – of the blockade runner Matagorda and on 21 January 1865 she forced another, Granite City, ashore at Velasco, Texas.
Post-Civil War decommissioning
After the Civil War, Penguin returned to the
References
- ^ The War of the Rebellion : a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. Washington D.C.: United States War Department. 1880–1901. pp. 111–112. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery at Naval Historical Center