USS Gem of the Sea-- Part 4: Rest of Her Career

The Gem of the Sea spent the rest of her war career patrolling off Charlotte Harbor, Florida.  She joined her tender Rosalie in capturing the steamer  Emma off nearby Malco Inlet  11 June 1864.

She departed  Charlotte Harbor 2 February 1865 and arrived at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on the 22nd.

She was decommissioned 24 February and was sold 6 May  1865 to  A.C. Purvis & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Anyone who served the whole war on this ship had to be rich from all that prize money the ship had accumulated.

Quite An Unknown Ship.  Old B-Runner