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USS Alexandria (I)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Side-wheel Steamer (Tinclad #40):
  • The small, wooden-hulled, side-wheel steamer SS St. Mary, built at Plaquemine, LA.
  • Presented to the Confederate government upon completion early in 1862
  • St. Mary operated on the Yazoo and Tallahatchie Rivers until 13 July 1863 when captured at Yazoo City, MS. by Union forces.
  • Taken into the Union navy, 18 September 1863, for use as a non-commissioned dispatch boat by ADM. David Porter
  • Placed in commission as USS Alexandria, 12 December 1863, at Cario, IL., Acting Master David P. Rosenmiller, Jr. in command
  • USS Alexandria served in the 1st District of the Mississippi Squadron and operated between Donaldsonville, La., and Cairo, IL.
  • Decommissioned, 7 August 1865, at Cairo, IL.
  • Sold at auction, 17 August 1865, at Mound City, IL, to W. Markham of Baton Rouge, LA.
  • Documented as SS Alexandria, 4 October 1865
  • Alexandria served in commercial on the Mississippi River and her tributaries until lost sometime in 1867
  • Final Disposition, sank and lost on the Amite River, LA., 5 October 1867
    Specifications:
    Displacement 60 t.
    Length 89' 9"
    Beam 15'
    Depth 5'
    Draft 4'
    Speed 4 kts
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    one 24-pdr smoothbore
    one 12-pdr field carriage
    Propulsion steam
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    Alexandria
    098627401    		 197k Watercolor of USS Alexandria at anchor in Bayou Lafourche, LA., 1864 by ENS. D.M.N. Stoufer.
    US Library of Congress, "Words and Deeds in American History"    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Alexandria (I)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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