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USS Niphon

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Screw Steamer:

Built, 1862-63, at Atlantic Iron Works, East Boston, MA.

Launched in February 1863

Delivered to the Navy at Boston, 22 April 1863

Commissioned USS Niphon, 24 April 1863, at Boston Navy Yard, Acting ENS. Joseph B. Breck in command

Purchased by the Navy, 9 May 1863

USS Niphon was assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron off Fort Fisher, N.C.

Captured blockade runner Banshee at New Inlet, N.C., 29 July 1863

Forced the blockade runner SS Hebe aground north of Fort Fisher, 18 August 1863, were she was destroyed

Participated in the capture of steamer CS Cornubia north of New Inlet, 8 November 1863

Captured blockade runner SS Ella and Annie, off Masonboro Inlet, N.C., 9 November 1863

Participated in the destruction of salt works at Masonboro Sound, 21 April 1864

Participated in the destruction of blockade runner Lynx, 25 April 1864

Ran blockade runner Night Hawk aground and destroyed her, 29 September 1864

Ran the British blockade runner Condon aground off New Inlet, N.C., 1 October 1864

Participated in the capture of British blockade runner Annie, 31 October 1864

Decommissioned, 1 December 1865, at Boston, MA.

Sold at public auction, 17 April 1865, documented as SS Tejuca, 23 October 1865

Sold abroad in 1867

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 475 t.
Length 253' 2"
Beam 24' 9"
Depth 17' 3"
Draft 11' 3"
Speed 12,5 kts
Complement 70
Armament

one-20-pdr rifle

four-32-pdrs

Propulsion steam

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
098665601	351k	"Capture of Blockade Runner *Annie* October 31, 1864.-Sketch by Charles F. Ellmore." From left to right: USS Howquah; USS Alabama launch; USS Wilderness; USS Nipon; blockade runner *Annie; USS Kansas; USS Alabama*. Flickr - State Archives of North Carolina		John Spivey
	89k	A Civil War lithograph of USS Niphon by J.B. Bufford, after a drawing by S.S. Tuckerman. Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 49812		US Naval History and Heritage Command

USS Niphon
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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