This is continuing with my RoadTrippin' Thru History with Edward Simpson who commanded the ship during the fighting at Charleston, S.C., in 1863.
Boiler problems along the way from New York caused a stop at the Washington Navy Yard for repairs. While there, President Lincoln and his cabinet inspected the ship on December 6, 1862. On December 29, she sailed from Hampton Roads in the company of the original USS Monitor.
They encountered rough weather off Cape Hatteras and the USS Monitor sank. The Passaic survived the storm and reached Beaufort, S.C., safely on January 1, 1863.
Her first assignement was to patrol off Wassau Sound, Georgia, where she captured the schooner Glide, a blockade runner loaded with cotton.
By now, the other Passaic-class monitors had been completed and joined the Passaic at Wassau Sound. Admiral DuPont decided to test the ability of the monitors agains enemy fortifications and ordered an attack on Fort McAllister, Georgia.
--Old B-Runner
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