Showing posts with label USS Perry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USS Perry. Show all posts
Thursday, June 28, 2018
Rear Admiral Andrew Hull Foote-- Part 2: Abolitionist and 2nd Opium War
From 1849-1851 he commanded the USS Perry, patrolling the waters off the coast of Africa to stop the slave trade. because of this he became an ardent abolitionist.
In 1856 he was promoted to commander and took command of the USS Portsmouth in the East India squadron. While there, he got involved in the 2nd Opium War between England and China.
Foote commanded the Brooklyn Navy yard in 1858 and was there when the Civil War began.
--Old B-Runner
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
155 Years Ago: Privateer Savannah Captured
JUNE 1ST, 1861: USS Union, Commander J.R. Goldsborough, captured Confederate schooner F.W. Johnson with cargo of railroad iron off the coast of North Carolina.
JUNE 3RD, 1861: Confederate privateer Savannah, Captain Baker, captured American brig Joseph with cargo of sugar; the Savannah was then captured by USS Perry, Lt. Parrott.
JUNE 5TH, 1861: Revenue Cutter Harriet Lane, Captain Faunce, USRM, engaged Confederate battery at Pig Point, Hampton Roads.
--Old B-R'er
JUNE 3RD, 1861: Confederate privateer Savannah, Captain Baker, captured American brig Joseph with cargo of sugar; the Savannah was then captured by USS Perry, Lt. Parrott.
JUNE 5TH, 1861: Revenue Cutter Harriet Lane, Captain Faunce, USRM, engaged Confederate battery at Pig Point, Hampton Roads.
--Old B-R'er
Monday, May 30, 2016
155 Years Ago: USS Merrimack Is Raised at Norfolk Navy Yard
MAY 30TH, 1861: The USS Merrimack, scuttled and burned at Norfolk Navy Yard, is raised by Confederates. And, we know what they did with it.
** USS Quaker City, Acting Master S.W. Mather, seized schooner Lynchburg, en route Richmond with cargo of coffee.
MAY 31ST, 1861: USS Perry, Lt. Enoch G. Parrott, captured Confederate blockade-runner Hannah M. Johnson.
--Old B-Runner
** USS Quaker City, Acting Master S.W. Mather, seized schooner Lynchburg, en route Richmond with cargo of coffee.
MAY 31ST, 1861: USS Perry, Lt. Enoch G. Parrott, captured Confederate blockade-runner Hannah M. Johnson.
--Old B-Runner
Saturday, December 7, 2013
150 Years Ago-- Dec. 5-6, 1863: USS Weehawken Sinks
DECEMBER 5TH: Boat crew from the USS Perry is captured while reconnoitering Murrell's Inlet, SC, to determine if there was ship outfitting there to run the blockade. Another boat crew from the USS T.A. Ward had also been captured in the area a couple months earlier.
Dahlgren isn't happy about this, but added: "These blunders are very annoying, and yet I do not like to discourage enterprise and dash on the part of out officers and men. Better to suffer from the excess than the deficiencies of these qualities."
DECEMBER 6TH: The monitor USS Weehawken sank while tied up to a buoy inside the bar at Charleston Harbor. The ship had recently taken on an extra load of heavy ammunition which reduced the freeboard forward considerably. The pumps were unable to handle the rush of water and the ship sank quickly, drowning some two dozen officers and sailors.
** USS Violet and Aries sighted blockade-running steamer Ceres aground and burning at the mouth of the Cape Fear River, NC. During the night the Ceres floated free, the flames being extinguished, and was seized by the Violet.
Oh Boy, Prize Money. --Old B-R'er
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Enoch Greenleafe Parrott
From Wikipedia.
1814-1879.
Fought in the Mexican and Civil wars and later became a rear-admiral. Entered the Navy in 1831 as a midshipman. In 1843 took part in anti-slavery expedition of Commander Matthew C. Perry's African Squadron.
In the Mexican War he served on the 52-gun frigate USS Congress and took part in John C. Fremont's expedition from Monterrey to Los Angeles and the capture of the Guaymas and Mazatlan.
Commissioned commodore in 1861 and took part in destruction of the Norfolk Navy Yard. On the USS Perry, captured the Confederate privateer Savannah and received a commendation from the Navy Department.
Commanded the USS Augusta from 1861-1863. At the Battle of Port Royal and fought Confederate ironclads CSS Chicora and Palmetto State at Charleston, SC, on Jan. 31, 1863.
Commanded the ironclad monitor USS Canonicus in the North Atlantic Blockading squadron and engaged Confederate ironclads in the James River in 1864 and at Howlett's Battery.
Commanded the ironclad monitor USS Monadnock at the first and second battles of Fort Fisher and present at the surrender of Charleston. Became captain in 1866, commodore in 1870, rear admiral in 1873 and retired in 1874.
Quite a Naval Career. --Old B-Runner
1814-1879.
Fought in the Mexican and Civil wars and later became a rear-admiral. Entered the Navy in 1831 as a midshipman. In 1843 took part in anti-slavery expedition of Commander Matthew C. Perry's African Squadron.
In the Mexican War he served on the 52-gun frigate USS Congress and took part in John C. Fremont's expedition from Monterrey to Los Angeles and the capture of the Guaymas and Mazatlan.
Commissioned commodore in 1861 and took part in destruction of the Norfolk Navy Yard. On the USS Perry, captured the Confederate privateer Savannah and received a commendation from the Navy Department.
Commanded the USS Augusta from 1861-1863. At the Battle of Port Royal and fought Confederate ironclads CSS Chicora and Palmetto State at Charleston, SC, on Jan. 31, 1863.
Commanded the ironclad monitor USS Canonicus in the North Atlantic Blockading squadron and engaged Confederate ironclads in the James River in 1864 and at Howlett's Battery.
Commanded the ironclad monitor USS Monadnock at the first and second battles of Fort Fisher and present at the surrender of Charleston. Became captain in 1866, commodore in 1870, rear admiral in 1873 and retired in 1874.
Quite a Naval Career. --Old B-Runner
Friday, May 11, 2012
USS Perry-- Part 2
This ship was decommissioned and commissioned on many occasions. There are several mistakes in the Wikipedia article.
After its commissioning in 1843, the Perry, named after Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the Battle of Lake Erie, embarked on a round-the-world cruise until 1845 During te Mexican War, it was struck by a hurricane and ended up running onto a reef with no casualties and later was kedged off.
In 1847, the ship joined the Brazil Squadron and was involved with capturing two ships involved with the slave trade.
In 1855, the Perry participated in an American show of force in Paraguay where the USS Water Witch (the same ship captured by Lt. Thomas Pelot and his force during the Civil War) had been fired upon.
Recommissioned during the Civil War, it escorted troops to Annapolis, Maryland, during the early stages of the war before joining the newly established Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Steaming southeast of Cape Lookout, NC, it captured the blockade-runner Hannah B. Johnson on May 31, 1861 and three days later, the Confederate privateer Savannah.
Then, it was called back to Washington, D.C., where it took position in the Potomac River to protect the capital in the aftermath of the First Battle of Bull Run.
In February 1862, the Perry took position off New Inlet, NC, in the Outer Banks. (However, the only New Inlet in North Carolina I'm familiar with is the one by the Cape Fear River in Wilmington.
The ship ended the war with the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
It was decommissioned a final time in 1865 and sold that same year.
Quite a Busy Ship. --Old B-Runner
After its commissioning in 1843, the Perry, named after Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the Battle of Lake Erie, embarked on a round-the-world cruise until 1845 During te Mexican War, it was struck by a hurricane and ended up running onto a reef with no casualties and later was kedged off.
In 1847, the ship joined the Brazil Squadron and was involved with capturing two ships involved with the slave trade.
In 1855, the Perry participated in an American show of force in Paraguay where the USS Water Witch (the same ship captured by Lt. Thomas Pelot and his force during the Civil War) had been fired upon.
Recommissioned during the Civil War, it escorted troops to Annapolis, Maryland, during the early stages of the war before joining the newly established Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Steaming southeast of Cape Lookout, NC, it captured the blockade-runner Hannah B. Johnson on May 31, 1861 and three days later, the Confederate privateer Savannah.
Then, it was called back to Washington, D.C., where it took position in the Potomac River to protect the capital in the aftermath of the First Battle of Bull Run.
In February 1862, the Perry took position off New Inlet, NC, in the Outer Banks. (However, the only New Inlet in North Carolina I'm familiar with is the one by the Cape Fear River in Wilmington.
The ship ended the war with the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
It was decommissioned a final time in 1865 and sold that same year.
Quite a Busy Ship. --Old B-Runner
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
USS Perry-- Part 1
Back on June 7, 2011, I wrote about the USS Perry capturing the Confederate privateer Savannah (although Wikipedia calls the Savannah the Chotank, which was the name of the ship after the Union Navy acquired it) on June 3, 1861. This was in my Saw the Elephant Blog.
Back in 1861, the Confederacy was scrambling for any thing that floated to combat the vastly superior fleet of the North. Privateers were accepted into service. Lincoln's government considered them pirates and threatened to hand them and came close enough with one case that Jefferson Davis threatened to hang captured Union soldiers in retaliation. Lincoln quietly backed off from the explosive situation.
Anyway, I had never heard of the USS Perry, so good old Wikipedia to the rescue. The Perry led a long career in the Union Navy, being commissioned and decommissioned on many occasions. It was originally commissioned in 1843 and finally decommissioned in 1865 and sold that same year. It was 105 feet long, with a 25.6 foot beam and a crew of 67. Armament consisted of two 32-pdr. guns and six 32-pdr carronades.
When first in service, it went on a round-the-world cruise. Recommissioned for the Mexican War, it was demasted by a hurricane and returned to Philadelphia for repairs.
More to Come. --Old B-Runner
Back in 1861, the Confederacy was scrambling for any thing that floated to combat the vastly superior fleet of the North. Privateers were accepted into service. Lincoln's government considered them pirates and threatened to hand them and came close enough with one case that Jefferson Davis threatened to hang captured Union soldiers in retaliation. Lincoln quietly backed off from the explosive situation.
Anyway, I had never heard of the USS Perry, so good old Wikipedia to the rescue. The Perry led a long career in the Union Navy, being commissioned and decommissioned on many occasions. It was originally commissioned in 1843 and finally decommissioned in 1865 and sold that same year. It was 105 feet long, with a 25.6 foot beam and a crew of 67. Armament consisted of two 32-pdr. guns and six 32-pdr carronades.
When first in service, it went on a round-the-world cruise. Recommissioned for the Mexican War, it was demasted by a hurricane and returned to Philadelphia for repairs.
More to Come. --Old B-Runner
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