USS Fulton (1837)-- Part 4: Destroyed At Pensacola, Fla. in 1862

From October 1858 to May 1859, the Fulton joined operations commanded by Commodore W.B. Shubrick during negotiations to improve relations with Paraguay, and sailed the La Plata, Parana and Paraguay rivers.

It was out of commission at Norfolk, Virginia, from 7 May 1859 to 30 July 1859,  the Fulton cruised off Cuba to suppress the slave trade, then laid up in Pensacola, Florida, in mid-October 1859.

The Fulton was captured by Confederates when they took the Pensacola Navy Yard on 12 January 1861, and was considered for use in the Confederate Navy, but was never fitted out.  She was destroyed by the Confederates when they evacuated Pensacola on 10 May 1862.

I have written about the first USS Fulton in my Not So Forgotten: War of 1812 blog and the third and fourth ones in my Cooter's History Thing blog.  This USS Fulton  was the second one.  I will write about the fifth USS Fulton in my World War II blog eventually.

--Olf B-Runner