USSFlag
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USSFlag |
| Builder | Birely & Lynn |
| Launched | 1857 |
| Acquired | 26 April 1861 |
| Commissioned | 28 May 1861 |
| Decommissioned | 25 February 1865 |
| Fate | Sold 12 July 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steamship |
| Displacement | 938long tons(953 t) |
| Length | 193 ft (59 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 10 in (9.40 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 116 |
| Armament | 6 × 8 in (203 mm)Parrott rifles |
USSFlagwas a screwsteamshipin theUnion Navyduring theAmerican Civil War.[1]She is listed as "3rd rate".[2]
Service history
[edit]Flagwas purchased on 26 April 1861 at Philadelphia asPhineas Sprague,converted as a warship at theWashington Navy Yard,[2]and renamed and commissioned on 28 May 1861,Lieutenant CommanderL. C. Sartori in command.[1]When first armed, the ship had six 200-pounder (8 in (203 mm))Parrott rifles.In 1863 she was re-armed with one 300-pounder (8 in (203 mm)), four 200-pounder, and two30-pounder(4.2 in (107 mm)) Parrott rifles.[2]Flagreported for duty in theSouth Atlantic Blockading SquadronatCharleston, South Carolinaon 6 June 1861. Aside from periods in the North for repairs, she patrolled the coastal waters of the Carolinas until early 1865.Flagcaptured or shared in the capture of manyblockade runners.[1]
On 24 November, she joinedSenecaandPocahontasin taking possession ofTybee Island,evacuated previously by theConfederates,and two days later drove several southern ships back intoFort Pulaski,from which they were attempting to sail. She participated in the capture ofFernandina, Floridain March 1862, and in the general engagement of the fleet with the forts inCharleston Harboron 7 April 1863.[1]She returned to New York on 16 February 1865, was decommissioned there on 25 February, and sold on 12 July.[1][2]
See also
[edit]Citations
[edit]References
[edit]- Bauer, K. Jack;Roberts, Stephen S. (1991).Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants.Westport, Connecticut:Greenwood Press. p. 86.ISBN0-313-26202-0.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.The entry can be foundhere.
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