USS Ticonderoga (1862)
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Ticonderoga |
Builder | New York Navy Yard |
Laid down | 1861 |
Launched | 16 October 1862 |
Commissioned | 12 May 1863 |
Decommissioned | 5 May 1865 |
Recommissioned | 1866 |
Decommissioned | 24 October 1874 |
Recommissioned | 5 November 1878 |
Decommissioned | 10 September 1882 |
Fate | Sold, 5 August 1887 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Screw sloop-of-war |
Displacement | 2,526 long tons (2,567 t) |
Length | 237 ft (72 m) |
Beam | 38 ft 2 in (11.63 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Armament |
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The second USS Ticonderoga was a 2526-ton
Service history
Civil War, 1863–1865
Ticonderoga went south on 5 June 1863 for duty as flagship of the
Operating out of
Ticonderoga left Philadelphia bound for Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 31 October. She was assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron on 4 November and deployed off Wilmington, North Carolina. Ticonderoga participated in the first, unsuccessful attempt to take Fort Fisher, North Carolina, on 24 and 25 December, losing eight men killed and 20 wounded on the first day of the assault when a 100-pounder Parrott rifle exploded. A landing party from Ticonderoga assisted in the capture of the fort on 15 January 1865, during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher.
Ticonderoga joined the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron on 19 January. After a brief tour of duty, she left for Philadelphia in March and was decommissioned there on 5 May.
Medals of Honor
The following crewmen of the USS Ticonderoga were awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the Civil War:
- Richard Binder, Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps
- Edward R. Bowman, Quartermaster, U.S. Navy
- William Campbell, Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy
- Isaac N. Fry, Orderly Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps
- Joseph B. Hayden, Quartermaster, U.S. Navy
- Thomas Jones, Coxswain, U.S. Navy
- George Prance, Captain of the Main Top, U.S. Navy
- William Shipman, Coxswain, U.S. Navy
- Robert Sommers, Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Navy
- William G. Taylor, Captain of the Forecastle, U.S. Navy
1866–1874
Ticonderoga was recommissioned for service with the
1878–1882
Ticonderoga was recommissioned on 5 November 1878 and ordered to embark upon a cruise around the world, Commodore
She left Mare Island in March 1881 and returned to New York on 23 August. She was decommissioned there a final time on 10 September 1882 and declared unfit for further service. Ticonderoga was sold at Boston on 5 August 1887 to Thomas Butler & Company.
2012
Ticonderoga's bell is currently on display at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan.
Relevant articles
- Confederate States Navy
- Union Navy
- Union Blockade
- List of sloops of war of the United States Navy
- Bibliography of early American naval history
- Robert Wilson Shufeldt (naval officer)
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.