A ship whose allegiance is clear.
This is the ship that John Timlin served on which I wrote about in my June 12-13 blogs. He finally had his grave marked in Staten Island, New York earlier in June 2014.
Bought by the U.S. Navy and commissioned 10 May 1861 at Philadelphia. Decommissioned Dec. 1861, recommissioned 20 Jan 1863 and decommissioned again 29 September 1865 at New York City. Burned and sank while in the merchant service 22 October 1872.
220 feet long, 1,114 tons, mounted one 12-pdr. rifle gun and rated at 13.5 knots.
Assigned to the Atlantic Blockading Squadron initially., operating in the Savannah-Charleston waters in April and May 1861.
Captured schooner F.W. Johnson in Chesapeake Bay June 1, 1861. Odd Charleston 18 June, captured blockade-runner Amelia and delivered its crew to Fort Monroe, Virginia, 23 June.
Rejoined the Charleston blockade and suffered much damage when it was involved in a collision with the Spanish ship Plus Ultra on July 2, 1861.
More to Come. --Old B-Runner
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