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NavSource Online: "Old Navy" Ship Photo Archive

USS Lackawanna (I)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Ticonderoga-class Screw Sloop-of-War:

Laid down, date unknown, at New York Navy Yard

Launched, 9 August 1862

Commissioned USS Lackawanna, 8 January 1863, CAPT. John B. Marchand in command

During the Civil War USS Lackawanna was assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron at Pensacola

Captured SS Neptune, 14 June 1863, and SS Planter, 15 June 1863, off Mobile Bay

Participated in the 5 August 1864 attack of Mobile Bay, ramming CSS Tennessee

Decommissioned at New York Navy Yard, 20 July 1865

Recommissioned, 7 May 1866, CDR. William Reynolds in command for assignment to the Pacific, arrived Honolulu 9 February 1867

Decommissioned, 10 February 1871, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

Recommissioned, 8 May 1872, for assignment to the Far Fast

Decommissioned, 23 April 1875, at San Francisco, CA., in ordinary for two brief periods during next 12 years, continuing to operate in the Pacific

Finally decommissioned, 7 April 1885, at Mare Island Navy Yard

Sold. 30 July 1887, to W. T. Garratt & Co.

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 1,533 t.
Length 237'
Beam 38' 2"
Depth unknown
Draft 16' 3"
Speed 10.5 kts
Complement unknown

Armament

two 24-pdr howitzers

two 12-pdr howitzers

two 12-pdr rifles

one 150-pdr Parrott rifle

one 50-pdr Dahlgren rifle

two 11" Dahlgren smoothbores

two 9" Dahlgren smoothbores

Propulsion steam and sail

Size	Image Description	Source
136k	USS Lackawanna and USS Richmond stripped for action, at Pensacola, Florida, on 3 August 1864, just prior to the Battle of Mobile Bay. . US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 51184.	USNH&CC
269k	Sketch, probably by 3rd Assistant Engineer Robert Weir, of USS Richmond, depicting USS Lackawanna, Captain John B. Marchand in command, ramming the Confederate ironclad CSS Tennessee as she steamed up Mobile Bay toward the Federal fleet. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 1284.	USNH&CC
266k	Woodcut by Roberts, circa 1866, entitled "Capture of the Ram Tennessee by Farragut (Mobile Bay)". It depicts CSS Tennessee being rammed by a U.S. Navy steam sloop, either USS Monongahela or USS Lackawanna. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 65707.	USNH&CC
230k	Line engraving published in Harper's Weekly, 17 September 1864. Entitled "Admiral Farragut's Fleet Bombarding Fort Morgan, August 22, 1864", it depicts from left to right); USS Lackawanna, USS Manhattan, USS Octorara, USS Brooklyn, USS Winnebago and USS Richmond. Fort Morgan is shown in the right center distance, and a battery is at the far left US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 59150.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
156k	Flag Officer Farragut ship's passing Fort Morgan during the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Drawing from the book "Under Both Flags" Veteran Publishing Co., © 1896. From left to right: USS Manhattan USS Tecumseh USS Brooklyn USS Octorara USS Hartford USS Metacomet USS Richmond USS Port Royal USS Lackawanna USS Seminole USS Monongahela and USS Kennebec USS Seminole	Tommy Trampp
179k	Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Line engraving after an artwork by J.O. Davidson, published in "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War", Volume 4, page 378. Entitled "Surrender of the Tennessee,' Battle of Mobile Bay", it depicts CSS Tennessee in the center foreground, surrounded by the Union warships (from left to right): USS Lackawanna, USS Winnebago, USS Ossipee, USS Brooklyn, USS Itasca, USS Richmond, USS Hartford and USS Chickasaw. Fort Morgan is shown in the right distance.	US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 1276 Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland. Gift of Henry Huddleston Rogers, 1930.
295k	Sketch of USS Lackawanna off Mobile, Alabama, 24 September 1863. Sketch from the private papers of William M.C. Philbrick, Carpenter's Mate, USS Portsmouth. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 51186.	USNH&CC
137k	USS Lackawanna, date and location unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 51183	USNH&CC
262k	Battalion dress parade from USS Lackawanna in front of the American consulate at Yokohama, Japan. A.G. Kellogg, commanding, circa 1872-75. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 581. Presented by Major General J.T. Myers USMC, May 1934.	USNH&CC
355k	USS Lackawanna crew, 1880. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # UA06.02.01. Captain Wells L. Field Collection.	USNH&CC
309k	USS Lackawanna crew at quarters for inspection, circa September 1880 to September 1881. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 51189. Courtesy of Rear Admiral A.P. Niblack, 1933.	USNH&CC
89k	USS Lackawanna at anchor in San Francisco Bay in 1873. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 51187.	USNH&CC
154k	USS Lackawanna at Mare Island in 1881. The ship was configured thus between 1872-85, with four ports forward of the forward pivot port, which is shown closed, and ship rig. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 516. Courtesy of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, MC USN.	USNH&CC
89k	USS Lackawanna at anchor, probably taken on her 1880 cruise to South American ports. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 91774. Courtesy Capt. Wells L. Field, USN (RET), from collection of Dr. Louis Duncan.	USNH&CC
81k	Midshipman Charles A. Gove, USN assigned to USS Lackawanna, 1881. Photograph by F. M. Zuller. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 49365. Courtesy of Mrs. A. P. Niblack, Widow of Admiral A. P. Niblack, 1931	USNH&CC