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USCS Corwin
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USS Corwin (1861 - 1865)
USRC Corwin (1861
USCS Corwin (1849 - 1861)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Medal
Sidewheel Gunboat:
Built in 1849 at Philadelphia, PA. as a wooden steamer for the Coast Survey
Launched, date unknown
Commissioned into the U.S. Coast Survey, USCS Corwin date unknown
Transferred to the U.S. Revenue Service, April 1861, commissioned USRC Corwin
Transferred to the Navy Department for special service, September 1861
Commissioned USS Corwin, under command of LT. Thomas S. Phelps
Corwin surveyed the Coast of North Carolina
On 1 April 1862 USS Corwin joined the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron for duty in Hampton Roads and adjacent waters
On 13 July 1862 she was detached and ordered to the Potomac River for survey work
Corwin repulsed CSS Curlew in Hatteras Inlet 14 November 1861
She also rendered effective assistance to the steamer Quinnebaug aground off Beaufort, N.C. 22 July 1865
Decommissioned and returned to the U.S. Coast Survey, Treasury Department after the war.
Specifications:
Displacement 330 t.
Length unknown
Beam unknown
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament
two medium 32-pdrs
two 12-pdrs
Propulsion
boiler(s)
steam engine(s)
two sidewheels
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Corwin (I)
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