USS Rachel Seaman
History | |
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United States | |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | date unknown |
Acquired |
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Commissioned |
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Decommissioned | 22 May 1865 |
Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
Fate | Sold, 30 May 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 303 tons |
Length | 115 ft (35 m) |
Beam | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
Depth of hold | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
Propulsion | schooner sail |
Speed | not known |
Complement | not known |
Armament | two 32-pounder guns |
USS Rachel Seaman was a wooden schooner purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
Rachel Seaman was armed as a
Purchased in Philadelphia in 1861
Rachel Seaman was purchased by the Union Navy at
Blockade operations
The
In the summer she performed blockade duty off
Captured Prizes
However, want of occupation troops prevented the Union Navy from holding the area. On 6 October, Rachel Seaman captured British schooner Dart attempting to run the blockade at Sabine Pass. On 15 October boat crews from Rachel Seaman and Kensington destroyed a railroad bridge at Taylor's Bayou, Texas, preventing Confederate reinforcement of Sabine Pass with heavy guns. They also burned schooners Stonewall and Lone Star and Southern barracks.
Rachel Seaman took schooner Nymph off Pass Cavallo, Texas, 21 April 1863. Almost a year later, while sailing north, on 13 April 1864, she captured her last prize British schooner Maria Alfred off Mermentau River, Louisiana. The schooner arrived at New York City 21 May and for the remainder of the Civil War served as a supply ship along the Atlantic coast.
Decommissioning
She decommissioned at
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.