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USS Sachem (II)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Screw Gunboat:

Built in 1844 as a screw steamer at New York City

Purchased by the US Navy at New York, 20 September 1861

Commissioned, date unknown, Acting Master Lemuel G. Crane, in command

During the Civil War USS Sachem participated in the following actions:

Escorted USS Monitor to Hampton Roads, and was present during the Monitor's historic engagement with Confederate ironclad ram, CSS Virginia, the former USS Merrimack.

Assigned to the Coast Survey, surveying the lower Mississippi River at New Orleans in early April 1862 marking channel for Farragut's deep draft ships and located firing positions for Porter's mortar schooners

Reconnoitered Lake Ponchartrain and the Pearl River and surveyed the entrance to Mobile Bay, early May 1862

Assisted in the refloating of the grounded steamer USS Clifton, at Mobile Bay, early May 1862

Returned to the Navy, circa 30 June 1862, from the Coast Survey, assigned to blockade Arkansas Pass, TX., Acting Volunteer LT. Amos Johnson, in command

Battle at Galveston Harbor, 31 December 1862

Assisted in Farragut's further advance up the Mississippi in March 1863

Assigned to the force sealing off the mouth of the Red River in late March 1863

Assigned to the joint Army-Navy expeditionary force to attack Sabine Pass, TX, late-September 1863

Severely damaged by Confederate batteries at Fort Mannahasset, surrendering to Confederate forces

Repaired and operated by the Texas Marine Department supporting the Confederate Army

No record exists of her service after March 1864

Specifications:
Displacement 197 t.
Length 121'
Beam 23' 6"
Depth 7' 6"
Speed unknown
Complement 52

Armament

one 20-pdr Parrott rifle

four 32-pdrs

Propulsion steam

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	130k	The Disabling and Capture of the Federal Gunboats 'Sachem' and 'Clifton', in the Attack on Sabine Pass, Texas, September 8th, 1863." Line engraving published in "The Soldier in our Civil War", Volume II. USS Clifton is shown to the left, aground and returning fire from the Confederate fortifications. USS Sachem is at the right. US Navy photo # NH 59143 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command		Tommy Trampp

USS Sachem (II)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	Act. Master Crane, Lemuel G.	11 January 1862 - June 1862
02	Act. Master Johnson, Amos	June 1862 - 8 September 1863


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