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USS Huntsville (I)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Screw Steamer:

Built, as a wooden screw steamer in New York, City

Launch in 1857

Chartered, 24 April 1861, by the US Navy from her owner, H. B. Cromwell & Co., in New York City and converted to a gunboat

Commissioned USS Huntsville, 9 May 1861, at New York City, CDR. Cicero Price in command

Purchased by the Navy, 24 August 1861

During the Civil War USS Huntsville joined the Gulf Blockading Squadron at Key West, 11 May 1861

Captured two small schooners off Mobile

Cruised on blockade duty from Alabama to Texas

Engaged blockade runner Florida off Mobile Bay, 24 December 1861, turning her back into Mobile

Decommissioned at New York, 5 April to 11 June 1862

Recommissioned, 11 June 1862, LT. Howard Rogers in command, returning to blockade duty along the Gulf Coast

Took five prized; Confederate steamers Adela and Reliance, British schooner Agnes, schooners Courier and Ariel before the year was out

During 1863 Huntsville captured two Confederate ships, Minnie and A. J. Hodge; two British schooners, Surprise and Ascension; and Spanish steamer Union

Participated in capture of Confederate sloop Last Trial near Key West

During 1864 Huntsville supported landings union forces in May at Tampa Bay

Quarantined due to Yellow Fever Huntsville departed Tampa 23 July for New York

Decommissioned, 19 August 1864 at New York

Recommissioned, 25 March 1865, LCDR. Edward F. Devens in command

USS Huntsville made transport voyages to New Orleans and Panama, carried passengers between New York and Boston and escorted a monitor to Philadelphia

Decommissioned, 28 August 1865, at Philadelphia, PA.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Sold, 30 November 1865, at New York, to Russell Sturgis

Final Disposition, burned in December 1877

Specifications:
Displacement 860 t.
Length 196' 4"
Beam 29' 6"
Depth unknown
Draft 19' 5"
Speed 11 kts
Complement 64

Armament

one 64-pdr

two 32-pdrs

Propulsion steam

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
098641002	253k	Watercolor by Erik Heyl, 1945, of SS Huntsvillepainted for use in his book "Early American Steamers", Volume I. This steamer served as USS Huntsville from 1861 to 1865. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 64876, courtesy of Erik Heyl		Robert Hurst		66k	Watercolor by Erik Heyl, 1945, of SS Huntsvillepainted for use in his book "Early American Steamers", Volume I. This steamer served as USS Huntsville from 1861 to 1865. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 64876, courtesy of Erik Heyl		Bill Gonyo

USS Huntsville (I)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Price, Cicero	6 May 1861 - 5 April 1862
02	Act. Vol. LT. Rogers William C.	11 June 1862 - 18 January 1864
03	LCDR. Chandler, Ralph	18 January 1864 - 19 August 1864
04	Act. Vol. LCDR Giraud, Pierre	17 January 1865 - 3 March 1865
05	Act. Vol. LT Devens, Edward F.	25 March 1865 - 28 August 1865


Courtesy Bill Gonyo

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