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USS Kittatinny
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Campaign Medal
Schooner:
Built, date and location unknown
Launched, date unknown
Stars and Stripes, a wood three-masted schooner, was purchased for the Navy by ADM S.F. Du Pont, at Philadelphia from Simpson and Neile, 21 September 1861. for $14,375
Commissioned USS Kittatinny, 9 December 1861, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, LT. George E. Welch in command
USS Kittatinny was assigned to the Gulf Blockading Squadron, she departed the Delaware 20 December and reached Key West 10 days later
An active blockader in the Gulf of Mexico, she shared in the capture of Major Barbour attempting to slip through the blockade with a cargo of gunpowder, niter, sulphur,
percussion caps, and lead for the Confederate Army
She took schooner Julio near Barataria 11 May and captured schooner Emma 27 September
Schooner Matilda fell prey to the vigilant Union blockader off Matagarda Bay, Texas, 25 November; and schooner Diana was taken the next day
USS Kittatinny took sloop D. Sargent off Galveston 12 March 1863 shortly before sailing to New York for repairs
Kittatinny recommissioned at New York 10 June 1863, Acting Master Isaac D. Seyburn in command
On the 15th she sailed on a cruise in the North Atlantic seeking Confederate raider Tacony, a ship taking a heavy toll on Northern shipping
She returned to New York on the 29th and sailed 11 August to return to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron for duty off the Texas coast
She arrived on station 2 September; and on the 22nd she chased an unidentified schooner ashore where the blockade runner was burned by her crew
She captured schooner Reserve 25 October
Early in 1864 Kittatinny sailed via New Orleans to Pensacola, where she was based for over a year
On 25 March 1865 she sailed for Mobile Bay, where she served until after the end of the Civil War
She stood out from Mobile Bay 8 August; touched Pensacola; and arrived New York 1 September where she decommissioned, 27 September 1865
Kittatinny was sold at public auction, 27 September 1865, to D. McCarty & Son for $20,600
Final Disposition, fate unknown
Specifications:
Displacement 450 t.
Length 129'
Beam 29'
Depth of Hold 11'6"
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement 66
Armament
four 32-pdrs, 57cwt
one 30-pdr Parrott rifle (added, 9 July 1863)
one 12-pdr rifle (added, 9 July 1863)
Propulsion sail
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Kittatinny
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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Last Updated 15 July 2022