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USS Naiad

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Wooden Sternwheel Steamer (Tinclad #53):
  • Built in 1863 at Freedom, PA. as the steamer Princess
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Purchased for the Navy by ADM. D.D. Porter, 3 March 1864, from F. Maratta and others for $32,400
  • Commissioned USS Naiad prior to 3 April 1864, location unknown
  • During the Civil War USS Naiad was assigned to the Mississippi Squadron
    Assigned to patrol along the Mississippi and its tributaries against Confederate cavalry and guerilla raids
    Decommissioned, 30 June 1865, at Cairo, IL.
  • Sold at auction at Mound City, IL.,17 August 1865, to B.F. Beasley et al, for $8,400
  • Final Disposition, fatally snagged one mile above Fire Creek, above Napoleon. MO, on the Missouri River, 1 June 1868
    Specifications:
    Displacement 183 t.
    Length 156'10"
    Beam 30'4"
    Depth of Hold 4'5"
    Draft 6"
    Speed 6 mph
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    23 January 1864 - eight 24-pdrs
    31 December 1864 - two 30-pdr Parrott rifles, six 24-pdrs
    9 June 1865 - four 30-pdr Parrott rifles, six 24-pdrs
    Propulsion
    two steam engines; cylinder diameter 13', stroke 3'6"
    three boilers
    sternwheel
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    Naiad 75k USS Naiad Photographed on the Western Rivers during the Civil War, and reproduced as a stereograph. Note mine-clearance "rake" projecting from her bow.
    US Navy History and Heritage Command photo # NH 45636.    		 Aryeh Wetherhorn
    Naiad 107k USS Naiad at rest on a Western River during the Civil War.
    Photo from “Photographic History of the Civil War”.    		 Bill Gonyo
    USS Naiad
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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