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USS Pampero
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Campaign Medal
Ship:
laid down, date unknown, as the wooden ship Pampero at Mystic CT. by Charles Mallory
Launched, 18 August 1853
Purchased for the Navy by George D. Morgan, 7 July 1861, at New York from J. Bishop & Co. for $29,000
Commissioned USS Pampero in August 1861, Acting Master Charles W. Lamson in command
USS Pampero was assigned to the Gulf Blockading Squadron for service as a storeship and collier, and arrived off Ft. Pickins, FL. 19 September
She supplied the ships and bases of the Squadron until it was divided in February 1862
She was then reassigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron and supporting Farragut's operations through much of the war, making occasional voyages north to replenish
Decommissioned, 20 July 1866, at New York
Sold at public auction, 1 October 1867, at New York for $6,000
Specifications:
Displacement 1,375 t.
Length 202'3"
Beam 38'2"
Depth of Hold 19'1"
Draft 20'
Speed unknown
Rig ship
Complement 50
Armament
23 August 1861 - two 32-pdrs 33 cwt
8 August 1863 - four 32-pdrs 33 cwt, one 20-pdr Parrott rifle, one 24-pdr howitzer
31 December 1863 - four 32-pdrs 33 cwt, one 20-pdr Parrott rifle, one 12-pdr Army brass rifle
1 April 1865 - four 32-pdrs 33 cwt, one 20-pdr Parrott rifle, on e 30-pdr Parrott rifle
31 December 1865 - one 20-pdr Parrott rifle
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Pampero
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