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USS Tuscarora

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Screw Sloop:

Laid down, 27 June 1861, by Merrick and Sons, Philadelphia, PA.

Launched, 24 August 1861

Commissioned, USS Tuscarora 5 December 1861, CDR. Tunis A.M. Craven in command

Decommissioned, 4 June 1864, at Boston, MA.

Recommissioned at Boston, 3 October 1864

Decommissioned, 30 May 1865, at Boston, MA.

During the Civil War USS Tuscarora cruised independently in European and US Atlantic coastal waters protecting American shipping and searching for Confederate raiders and saw service with both North Atlantic and South Atlantic Blockading Squadrons

Recommissioned later in 1865 and sailing to join the South Pacific Squadron, 2 November 1865

Reassigned to the Atlantic 12 May 1869

Decommissioned, 10 February 1872, at Portsmouth, N.H.

Recommissioned, 16 May 1872, assigned to the South Pacific Station

Reassigned to the North Pacific Station, 11 October 1874

Decommissioned, 14 September 1876, at Mare Island Navy Yard

Struck from the Naval Register in 1883

Sold at Mare Island to W. E. Mighell, 20 November 1883

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 1,457 t.
Length 198' 6"
Beam 33' 2"
Draft 14' 10"
Speed 11 kts.
Complement unknown
Armament

two 11" Dahlgren smoothbores

two 32-pdrs hundred-weight

four 32-pdrs 57 hundred-weight

one 30-pdr Parrott rifle
Propulsion steam and sail

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
76k	USS Tuscarora after the Civil War tied up to mooring buoy with ensigns at her masthead to celebrate a holiday. US Navy photo # NR&L(O) 2806 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command.	Robert Hurst
838k	USS Tuscarora at anchor off Navy Yard Mare Island, circa 1872-76.	Darryl Baker
1319k	USS Tuscarora at anchor off Navy Yard Mare Island, circa 1866-83. USS Camanche is at anchor aft of *Tuscarora. The small ship in the foreground is the Mare Island build Coast Survey Vessel Mc Arthur*.	Darryl Baker

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DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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Last Updated 22 January 2010