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USS Jonquil
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Campaign Medal
Screw Tug:
Built in 1862, as the wood tug J.K. Kirkman, by Pusey & Jones, Wilmington, DE.
Launched, date unknown
Purchased for the navy by Como. C,K. Stribling, 21 October 1863, at Philadelphia, PA., from S. F. Baker for $17,000
Commissioned, USS Jonquil, 28 October 1863, at PhiladelpHia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA., Acting ENS. I. T. Halstead in command
A week after commissioning Jonquil joined the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron taking station off Charleston, S.C.
Except for brief periods of repair and three months in the sounds of Georgia during the fall of 1864, she served for the remainder of the Civil War in Charleston waters
She took her first prize, 25 February 1865, when she captured an unidentified sloop in Deer Creek about 18 miles upstream from Charleston and she repeated the feat only two days later with
a second sloop in Silver Creek
Perhaps Jonquil's most valuable service occurred early in March 1865 when she labored to clear Charleston waters of torpedoes [mines] after the city had surrendered
While she was so engaged, a torpedo exploded close aboard her, knocking nine men overboard and wounding three others
Prompt and effective repairs enabled the ship to be back at her task of sweeping the harbor the next day
USS Jonquil returned north at the end of July 1865 and decommissioned 2 August 1865
She was sold at public auction on 21 October 1865, to Samuel C. Cook, for $6,300
Final Disposition, fate unknown
Specifications:
Displacement 90 t.
Length 69'4"
Beam 17'6"
Depth of Hold 6'7"
Draft unknown
Speed 8 kts
Complement 15
Armament
one 12-pdr rifle
one heavy 12-pdr smoothbore
Propulsion
one vertical condensing steam engine; cylinder dimension 20", stroke 20"
boiler(s)
single screw
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Jonquil
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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Last Updated 8 July 2022