JANAUARY 17-19TH, 1865: Confederate steamers Granite City and Wave (ex-U.S. Navy ships captured May 6, 1864) elude the USS Chocura, Lt.Cmdr. Richard W. Meade, Jr., on a "dark, foggy, and rainy" night and escaped from Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana. The Granite City was reported to carry no cargo, but the Wave had a load of lumber for the Rio Grande.
Meade gave chase for 60 miles, "but our boilers being in disabled condition, and leaking badly, the speed of the ship was so much reduced that I reluctantly gave up hope of overtaking the Granite City before she could make a port."
Fix My Ship!! --Old B-R'er
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USS Wave
From Wikipedia.
The other ship the Confederates captured 150 years ago at Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana, was the USS Wave.
It was built at Monogahela, Pennsylvania and launched in 1863 as the Argossy No. 2, purchased by the U.S. Navy and turned into a tinclad, mounting six guns. Assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron and on April 24, 1864, was ordered, along with the USS Granite City, to the Calcasieu Pass to collect Confederate renegades for service in the U.S. Navy and to confiscate or destroy all items of use to the Confederate military.
It was captured on May 6, 1864.
The Confederates employed it as a cargo steamer. Its fate is not known, but believed to have been destroyed at end of the war to prevent capture.
--Old B-Runner
The other ship the Confederates captured 150 years ago at Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana, was the USS Wave.
It was built at Monogahela, Pennsylvania and launched in 1863 as the Argossy No. 2, purchased by the U.S. Navy and turned into a tinclad, mounting six guns. Assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron and on April 24, 1864, was ordered, along with the USS Granite City, to the Calcasieu Pass to collect Confederate renegades for service in the U.S. Navy and to confiscate or destroy all items of use to the Confederate military.
It was captured on May 6, 1864.
The Confederates employed it as a cargo steamer. Its fate is not known, but believed to have been destroyed at end of the war to prevent capture.
--Old B-Runner
USS Granite City and USS Wave Captured in Louisiana
MAY 6TH, 1864: It seems that a lot of ships on both sides were being captured or destroyed during this period of time.
On this date the steamer USS Granite City and USS Wave, a tinclad, were captured by Confederate troops in Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana. They had been dispatched to to receive refugees on April 28 and were engaged in this when Southern artillery and about 350 sharpshooters from the Sabine Pass garrison overwhelmed the landing party and opened fire on the ships.
The Granite City was hit in the boiler and surrendered and the Wave did the same a short time later.
Unaware of their surrender, the USS New London arrived on the scene on May 10th and sent a boat over to the Granite City which did not return. On the 11th, it sent another one which saw the Confederate flag flying from her mast. The boat attempted to shoot it down, but its commander, Acting Ensign Henry Jackson was killed in return fire.
Once Farragut heard about the captures, he immediately started making plans for recapture, but didn't have enough light draft vessels to do it at the time.
--Old B-Runner
On this date the steamer USS Granite City and USS Wave, a tinclad, were captured by Confederate troops in Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana. They had been dispatched to to receive refugees on April 28 and were engaged in this when Southern artillery and about 350 sharpshooters from the Sabine Pass garrison overwhelmed the landing party and opened fire on the ships.
The Granite City was hit in the boiler and surrendered and the Wave did the same a short time later.
Unaware of their surrender, the USS New London arrived on the scene on May 10th and sent a boat over to the Granite City which did not return. On the 11th, it sent another one which saw the Confederate flag flying from her mast. The boat attempted to shoot it down, but its commander, Acting Ensign Henry Jackson was killed in return fire.
Once Farragut heard about the captures, he immediately started making plans for recapture, but didn't have enough light draft vessels to do it at the time.
--Old B-Runner
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