USSPink
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Ordered | asZouave |
Launched | 1863 |
Acquired | 14 December 1863 |
Commissioned | 6 February 1864 |
Fate | Sank, 22 September 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 184 tons |
Length | 110' 4 " |
Beam | 24' 6 " |
Depth of hold | 7' |
Propulsion |
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Complement | 24 |
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USSPinkwas asteamercommissioned by theUnion Navyduring theAmerican Civil War.[1]She served the Union Navy's struggle against theConfederate States of Americain various ways: as atugboat,agunboat,and as a small (184 ton) transport.
Service history
[edit]Pink,a wooden screw tug built in 1863 asZouaveatNewburgh, New York,was purchased by the Union Navy 14 December 1863 from New York and Glen Cove Steam Navigation Co.; and commissioned 6 February 1864. The new tug sailed for the gulf early in April 1864 but was detained in theNorth Atlantic Blockading Squadronduring the spring and early summer for repairs atNorfolk, Virginia,and service as a small transport on theJames River.
She resumed her voyage south with sister tugsUSSTritonia,Athenia,andUSSRose26 July and joined theWest Gulf Blockading SquadroninMississippi Soundon 5 August, the day of AdmiralDavid Farragut's great victory inMobile Bay.She supported Union operations, primarily in Mobile Bay, until after the end of the Civil War. While steaming fromNew Orleans, Louisiana,towardMobile, Alabama,Pinkran aground onDauphin Islandbefore dawn 22 September 1865 and bilged beyond salvage.
References
[edit]- ^"List of Ships"Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion.Retrieved 2015-08-28.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.The entry can be foundhere.