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USSPeri was one of the ships of theStone Fleet ,sunk in the harbor ofCharleston, South Carolina as a blockade during theAmerican Civil War .
Peri was purchased by theUnion Navy atPortland, Maine on 29 November 1861 for the Stone Fleet. Intended to be sunk on 25 January 1862 as an obstruction in Maffit's Channel, Charleston Harbor, a gale on 24 January pushed her out to sea where she drifted for three days.[ 1]
32°44′42″N 79°49′37″W / 32.745°N 79.827°W /32.745; -79.827
Shipwrecks
2 Jan:Northern Light
4 Jan:Santi-Pietri
9 Jan:USSMeteor ,USSPotomac
20 Jan:USSMargaret Scott
23 Jan:Ocean Chief
24 Jan:USSPeri
25 Jan:USSNew England ,USSStephen Young
26 Jan:USSIndia ,USSTimor
7 Feb:CSSCurlew
8 Feb:CSSSea Bird
10 Feb:CSSAppomattox ,CSSBlack Warrior ,CSSFanny ,CSSForrest
20 Feb:USSIsaac N. Seymour
25 Feb:USSR. B. Forbes
8 Mar:USSCongress ,USSCumberland
9 Mar:CSSGeorge Page
10 Mar:USSWhitehall
March (unknown date):Camilla (orMemphis )
4 Apr:CSSRed Rover
7 Apr:CSSGrampus
8 Apr:CSSNew Orleans
14 Apr:Erebus
19 Apr:USSMaria J. Carlton
24 Apr:CSSGeneral Lovell ,CSSGovernor Moore ,CSSManassas ,CSSStonewall Jackson ,Sweepstakes ,USSVaruna
25 Apr:CSSMississippi ,CSRCPickens ,Pioneer ,Washington ,CSSPamlico
28 Apr:CSSLouisiana ,CSSMcRae
April (unknown date):CSSJackson ,CSSOregon ,CSSCarondelet
10 May:USSCincinnati ,CSSGermantown ,USSMound City ,CSSFulton
11 May:CSSVirginia
15 May:CSSJamestown
May (unknown date):CSSUnited States
6 Jun:CSSColonel Lovell ,CSSGeneral Beauregard ,CSSGeneral Bragg ,CSSGeneral M. Jeff Thompson ,CSSGeneral Sterling Price ,CSSGeneral Sumter ,CSSLittle Rebel
16 Jun:CSSMaurepas
26 Jun:CSSGeneral Earl Van Dorn ,CSSLivingston ,CSSGeneral Polk
28 Jun:USSIsland Belle
15 Jul:Johanna Wagner ,USSSidney C. Jones
21 Jul:USSSallie Wood
24 Jul:Lord of the Isles
6 Aug:CSSArkansas
14-15 Aug:USSSumter
23 Aug:USSAdirondack
24 Aug:USSHenry Andrew ,USSIsaac N. Seymour
10 Sep:USSTigress
2 Oct:Iona
15 Oct:G. L. Brockenborough
25 Nov:USSEllis
November (unknown date):USSMingo
12 Dec:USSCairo
31 Dec:USSMonitor
Unknown date:USSNoble
Other incidents