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USS Glaucus

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Campaign Medal

Screw Steamer:

Built in 1863 as the screw steamer Glaucus at New York

Launched,date unknown

Purchased, 17 July 1863, by RADM. F. H. Gregory from William P. Williams for $160,000

Commissioned USS Glaucus, 9 February 1864, CDR. C. H. B. Caldwell in command

USS Glaucus was assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

However, before assuming her duties she was chosen to transport Senor Manuel Murillo, newly elected President of Colombia, to Cartagena

She departed New York, 5 March and arrived Cartagena 16 March

Returning to Beaufort, N.C., 3 May 1864, Glaucus took up blockading station off the Cape Fear River

On 28 May, while pursuing a blockade runner off the Western Bar, Glaucus caught fire and was nearly destroyed

The crew managed to control the flames and ship proceeded to Philadelphia for repairs, arriving 9 June 1864 and decommissioning 11 June

Repaired and recommissioned 22 August 1864, she broke down on her way to New York, and had to again undergo extensive repairs

Sailing to join the West India Convey Fleet, she grounded near Molasses Reef in the Bahamas, and had to be towed 30 May 1865

Decommissioned, 6 June 1865

Sold at public auction, 12 June 1865, to John Henderson for $62,000, Renamed Worchester, she had an active merchant career until 1894

Final Disposition, scrapped at Boston in 1894

Specifications:
Displacement 1,244 t.
Length 203'
Beam 36'
Depth of Hold 20'8"
Draft unknown
Speed 10kts
Complement unknown

Armament

one 100-pdr Parrott rifle

two 30-pdr rifles

eight VIII guns 55 cwt

Propulsion

one high pressure vertical steam engine, cylinder 20", stroke 24"

one return flue boiler

one propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
0986103901	136k	The merchant steamer SS Worchester ex-USS Glaucus Watercolor by Erik Heyl for his book, "Early American Steamers, vol. I.", 1950. US Naval History and Heritage Command Catalog # NH 63896, courtesy of Erik Heyl.		US Naval History and Heritage Command

Glaucus
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