AUGUST 18TH
USS Niphon chased the steamer Hebe, carrying drugs, clothing, coffee and provisions, ashore north of Fort Fisher, guarding Wilmington, NC. The ship's crew abandoned it. The Niphon, because of a gale, decided to destroy it rather than attempt to get it off.
Three boat crews sent to board it, were captured by Confederates ashore when their boats were either stove in or capsized in the heavy seas.
The USS Shokokon, Lt. Cushing, assisted in the destruction of the Hebe. The ship was riddled with shot and, according to Rear Admiral Lee, "She was as thoroughly burned as the water in her would allow."
--Old B-Runner
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