USS Norfolk Packet-- Part 3: Two More Captures and Decommissioning

On 11 March 1864, the Norfolk Packet assisted the USS Beauregard in capturing the British schooner  Linda attempting to run into Mosquito Inlet and took the sloop Sarah Mary on 26 May.

After the war, the Norfolk Packet departed Port Royal on 23 June 1865 and was decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard  12 July.  It was sold at public auction 10 August.

--Old B-Runner