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USS Charles Phelps

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Ship:
  • Built in 1848 at New London, CT., as a the whaler Charles Phelps
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Purchased by the Navy at New Bedford, MA., 24 June 1861
  • Commissioned USS Charles Phelps, later in the year, Acting Master W. F. North in command
  • Charles Phelps was assigned as a coal supply ship for the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
  • She served in Hampton Roads, Va., throughout the Civil War
  • Her support of the Squadron's steamers was as critical a contribution to their mission of cutting the Confederacy off from overseas supply as a modern-day oiler's logistic support is to the operations of the fleet
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Sold at New York, 25 October 1865
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 363 t.
    Length 110'
    Beam 27.4'
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft 18'
    Speed unknown
    Complement 23
    Armament
    one 32-pdr smoothbore

    Propulsion sail
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