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USS Flag

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Screw Steam:

Built in 1857 by Hillman Ship and Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, PA. as the Passenger/Cargo Steamer Phineas Sprague

Purchased by the US Navy, 26 April 1861

Commissioned USS Flag, 28 May 1861, LCDR. L. C. Sartori in command

During the Civil War USS Flag reported to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron at Charleston, S.C., 6 June 1861

Flag patrolled the coastal waters of the Carolinas until early 1865

Flag captured or shared in the capture of many blockade runners including the steamer Anglia which she captured with USS Restless in Bull’s Bay, about twenty five miles from Charleston, S.C. on 19 October 1862

Participated in the capture of Fernandina, FL. in March 1862

Took part in the general engagement of the fleet with the forts of Charleston Harbor, 7 April 1863

Decommissioned, 25 February 1865, at New York

Sold, 12 July 1865, entering service as SS Flag

Final Disposition, abandoned and broken up in 1876

Specifications:
Displacement 938 t.
Length 193'
Beam 30' 10"
Depth 15'
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament six 8" rapid fire guns
Propulsion steam

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description
	74k	Watercolor by Erik Heyl, 1951 off SS Phineas Sprague painted for use in his book "Early American Steamers", Volume I. Built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1857, this steamer served as USS Flag during the Civil War and was the SS Flag after 1865. . US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 63887, courtesy Erik Heyl.		US Naval History and Heritage Command
	111k	*Union blockaders off the entrance to Savannah, Georgia, 1861* Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", July-December 1861, page 797, depicting USS Savannah, USS Flag and the steamer *McClellan* off shore, with Tybee Lighthouse and Fort Pulaski in the background. Also shown are hulks sunk to block the channel. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 59283		US Naval History and Heritage Command

USS Flag
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