USS Fulton (1837)-- Part 1: The Second USS Fulton

From Wikipedia.

I have been writing about the first USS Fulton (1815), formerly named Demologos, in my Not So Forgotten: War of 1812 blog, and saw that there was also a USS Fulton that had a role in the Civil War.  I had never heard of it, so thought I'd write about it here.

Evidently, I had written about another USS Fulton, but in regards to a USS Dick Fulton that served on the Mississippi River.  This USS Fulton is an entirely different ship.

The USS Fulton (1837) was a sidewheel steamer that was captured by Confederates in 1861 and destroyed by them  when they evacuated Pensacola, Florida, in 1862.  It was the second ship in the U.S. Navy to bear the name.  Laid down in 1835, launched in 1837, commissioned  13 December 1837, with Captain Matthew C. Perry in command (the brother of Oliver Hazard Perry and the man responsible to opening Japan).

She was often called the USS Fulton II as it was the second ship of that name.

Captured by Confederates  12 January 1861.  Destroyed by them 10 May 1862 on the evacuation of Pensacola.

--Old B-Runner