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USS Ella (I)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Sidewheel Steamer:

Built, New York in 1859 by Thomas Collyer for the Stamford Line of Stamford, Connecticut.

Launched, date unknown

Purchased, 30 July 1862, for the Navy from the New York prize count by RADM. H. Paulding for $32,800

Fitted out at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. ;

Commissioned USS Ella, 10 August 1862, at New York Navy Yard, Acting Master S. C. Gray in command

USS Ella sailed 12 August 1862 for duty with the Potomac Flotilla, and arrived at Fortress Monroe 2 days later

Ella performed her entire service in Virginia waters as a picket, patrol and dispatch boat, based on the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard After a useful career, she returned to the Washington D.C. Navy Yard for the last time, 30 July 1865

Ella decommissioned 4 August 1865 at Washington, D.C. Navy Yard

Sold at public sale, 15 September 1865

Final Disposition, fate unknown.

Specifications:
Displacement 230 t.
Length 150'
Beam 23'
Depth of Hold 8'6"
Draft unknown
Speed 8 kts
Complement 39

Armament

1862 - two 24-pdr howitzers

1863 - one 12-pdr howitzer rifle; one 12-pdr howitzer smoothbore

Propulsion

one rocker army steam engine, cylinder diameter 36", stoke 8' one boiler

two sidewheels

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