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USS Mignonette
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USS Dauntless (1862)
US Army Dauntless (1861)


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Campaign Medal

Sidewheel Tug:
  • Built, date unknown, in one of the ports on the western rivers before the Civil War
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Acquired by the War Department in 1861 as Dauntless
  • Transferred, 20 September 1862 from the War Department to the Navy
  • Commission USS Dauntless, 30 September 1862, at Cairo, IL., Acting ENS. Milton B. Muncy in command
  • Assigned to RADM. David Dixon Porter's Mississippi Squadron
  • Dauntless was renamed USS Mignonette, 19 October 1862 and served as station tugboat at Cairo through 1865
  • On 23 February 1865, she was turned over to COMO. John W. Livingston, Commandant at the Mound City, IL., Naval Station for service
  • Mignonette remained at Mound City until decommissioned and sold to Brown & Jones 18 April 1873 for $5,000
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 50 t.
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion
    one steam engine
    one boiler
    two sidewheels

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