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USS Primrose

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Screw Steamer:
  • The wooden screw steamer, Nellie B. Vaughn purchased, 14 January 1863, at Washington, D.C.
  • Renamed Primrose fitted out at the Washington Navy Yard
  • Commissioned USS Primrose, 26 February 1863, Acting Master Wikkiam Tell Street in command
  • During the Civil War USS Primrose was assigned to:
    The Potomac Flotilla for duty in the Potomac and adjacent waters
    Primrose participated in operations in the Nansemond River in April and in the Curritoman in May
    Took the sloop Flying Cloud, 2 June, 1863, with the assistance of USS Anacostia
    Captured the sloop Richard Vaux 20 June 1863
  • Between 1866 and 1871 USS Primrose was assigned to the Washington Navy Yard
  • Placed in ordinary in 1871
  • Sold at Washington to J. W. Denty, 17 March 1871
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 94 t.
    Length 83'
    Beam 11'
    Depth unknown
    Draft 7'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    one 30-pdr
    one 24-pdr howitzer
    Propulsion steam
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