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USS Preston

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Screw Steamer

Annie. a twin screw British blockade runner, carrying a contraband cargo was captured off New Inlet, N.C., by USS Wilderness and USS Niphon, 31 October 1864

Purchased by the Navy from the New York Prize Court in December 1864

Renamed Preston, 2 February 1865

Commissioned USS Preston, 6 February 1865, Acting Volunteer LT. J. R. Wheeler in command

USS Preston was assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, departing New York, 16 February 1865

Arrived on station at New Orleans, 9 March

Preston operated along the coast of Texas until ordered to Philadelphia, PA.

Decommissioned, 8 August 1865, at Philadelphia

The decommissioned Preston was sent to New York to be sold at public auction on 30 November 1865

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 230 t.
Length 160'
Beam 12'
Depth of Hull 13'1"
Draft 6'6"
Speed 13 kts
Complement 15

Armament

one 12-pdr

Propulsion

two steam engines

two screws

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
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

USS Preston
Dictionary of American Navy Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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