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USS Marion

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Sloop-of-War (fourth rate) / Screw Steamer (third rate):

Laid down, date unknown, at Boston Navy Yard

Launched, 24 April 1839

Departed Boston, 10 November 1839, for the Brazil Station

Sunk when heaved down in the harbor at Rio de Janeiro in early 1842

Raised and sailed back to Boston, arriving in May 1842

Departed Boston for the Caribbean, returning in May 1843 to be placed in ordinary

Recommissioned, date unknown, assigned to the West Africa and Mediterranean Squadrons until 1848

Reassigned to the East Indies in 1848

Assigned to operations with the African Squadron, 1850-52, 1853-55 and 1858-60

Placed in ordinary for 1856-57 at Norfolk.

In ordinary at Portsmouth, N.H., when the Civil War broke out

Marion recommissioned, 21 June 1861

During the Civil War USS Marion participated in the following actions;

Search of the Caribbean for the Confederate cruiser CSS Jeff Davis

Assigned to the Gulf Blockading Squadron in September 1861, participated in the capture of Ship Island, 16 September 1861

May 1862, ordered to Boston for repairs

24 July, 1862 assigned a practice ship for midshipmen until 1870

Decommissioned in 1871 at Portsmouth Navy Yard

Rebuilt as a third rate screw steamer

Recommissioned, 12 January 1876, cruising on the European and South Atlantic stations until December 1882

Returned to Portsmouth in December 1882

Ordered to the Pacific in 1885, assigned to the Asiatic station until 1890

Returned to the US to serve in the Bering Sea on duty connected with the seal fisheries

Returned to the Asiatic Squadron in late 1891

Pacific station in 1895, cruising the west coast of the Americas and amongst the Hawaiian Islands until 11 December 1897

Decommissioned, 11 December 1897, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

Subsequently transferred to the custody of the State of California to served a training ship for that State Naval Militia until 1907

Struck from the Naval Register, 14 March 1907

Sold, 24 July 1907, to C. E. Boudrow, San Francisco

Ex-USS Marion was towed out of Mare Island Navy Yard on 15 August 1907 by the tug Sea Queen for delivery to C.E. Boudrow

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:

Displacement

Sloop-of-War 566 t.

Screw Steamer 1900 t.

Length

Sloop-of-War 227' 5"

Screw Steamer 216'

Beam 32'

Draft

Sloop-of-War 15' 8½"

Screw Steamer 16' 6"

Speed unknown

Complement unknown

Armament

sixteen guns

Propulsion

Sloop-of-War - sail

Screw Steamer - steam

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
120k	USS Marion struck by a terrific squall, 2 Sept. 1848. Lithograph by J.H. Bufford's after a sketch by G. Conklin. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 46402.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
135k	Yacht USS America at Boston Navy Yard in the summer of 1863 with the Practice Ship USS Marion and USS Ohio behind her. *America* was serving as tender to *Marion, a sailing sloop of war that acted as practice ship for the US Naval Academy at Annapolis between 1862 and 1870, while Ohio* was serving as receiving ship at the Boston Navy Yard. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 89400	Mike Green
248k	USS Marion moored pierside location unknown, circa 1876. Note Rigging, Boats, & General Details of this small sloop US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 46405.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
158k	USS Marion moored pierside at Portsmouth Navy Yard, New Hampshire, circa 1876. Note the small schooner alongside. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 75891.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
151k	USS Marion at anchor, date and location unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 73851. Courtesy of Mr. William Davis, Jackson Heights, N.Y.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
79k	Lithograph after a drawing by Joseph L. Jones, circa 1877-1880 depicting a Naval Review in Hampton-Roads, VA. dedicated to Secretary of the Navy Richard W. Thompson. Ships present include (from left): USS Marion, USS Tallapoosa (flying the Secretary of the Navy's Flag), USS Constitution, USS Kearsarge, USS Saratoga, USS Powhatan, USS Portsmouth and USS Minnesota. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 61193. Courtesy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936.	Robert Hurst
160k	USS Marion at anchor, date and location unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 46404.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
316k	USS Marion moored pierside, date and location unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 60257.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
211k	USS Marion off Mare Island Navy Yard, circa December 1897. Description: Copied from the journal of navy Cadet C.R. Miller, USN, 1898. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 46403.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
139k	Cabin aboard a U.S. warship, probably steam sloop USS Marion A view of a cabin aboard a U.S. warship, photographed about 1890. The sofa cover (blanket) carries the name *Marion. This ship served in the Pacific and East Asia during 1885-1895. Note the apparently oriental china plates on the bulkheads. Description: Courtesy of Mr. Paul H. Silverstone, New York, 1981. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 92189*.	US Naval History and Heritage Command

USS Marion
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
CNO Letter, Subj: location of USS Marion's bell.

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