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USLHS Granite
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USS Granite (1862 - 1865)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Campaign Medal
Sloop:
Built, date and location unknown
Launched, date unknown
Transferred from the Light House Board, 19 January 1862
Commissioned USS Granite in January 1862, Acting Master's Mate Ephraim Boomer in command
USS Granite was assigned in North Atlantic Blockading Station in the North Carolina Sounds
On 7-8 February 1862 Granite participated in the Federal land-sea expedition take Roanoke Island and capture control of the North Carolina sound region and its Outer
Banks. The force was under the joint command of Brig. Gen. Ambrose Burnside and navy Flag-Officer Louis Goldsborough.
For the remainder of the Civil War, she operated in the sounds of North Carolina
Decommissioned at Washington, D.C., 29 June 1865 and was returned to the US Lighthouse Service
Final Disposition, sold in Philadelphia in December 1866
Specifications:
Displacement 75 t.
Length unknown
Beam unknown
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament
one 32-pdr gun
one 130-pdr gun
Propulsionsail
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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