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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 Memphis ) 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
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.The entry can be foundhere.
