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USS Lodona

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Bark-rigged Iron Screw Steamer:
  • Built in 1862 at Kingston-upon-Hull, England
  • Captured by Union gunboat USS Unadilla while attempting to run the blockade, 4 August 1862
  • Purchased from the prize court at Philadelphia, 20 September 1862
  • Commissioned USS Lodona, 5 January 1863, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Acting LT. Edmund R. Colhoun in command
  • Lodona joined the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron at Port Royal. S.C., 5 February 1863
  • Assigned to blockade duty off Charleston and Bull's Bay, S.C.
    Captured English brig Minnie, 20 April 1863, attempting to run the blockade in Bull’s Bay
    Engaged Confederate guns on Morris and Folly Islands in Charleston Harbor, 12 to 16 June 1863
    Provided support in the attacks by ironclads on Morris Island and Fort Sumter 17 August 1863
    Attacked Fort Wagner, 18 August
    Participated on attacks in Charleston Harbor during August and September 1863
  • Overhauled at Philadelphia, 16 September to 11 November 1863
  • Captured schooner Arctic, 15 November 1863, while enroute to Charleston
  • Rejoining the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 17 November 1863
    Assigned to blockade duty in Sapelo Sound, GA.
    Captured schooner Hope, 10 July 1864
  • Decommissioned, 11 May 1865, at Philadelphia Navy Yard
  • Sold at public auction, 20 June, 1865
  • Final Disposition, lost at sea in May 1879
    Specifications:
    Displacement 750 t.
    Length 210'
    Beam 27' 6"
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft 11' 6"
    Speed 7 kts
    Complement 97
    Armament
    one 100-pdr Parrott rifle
    one 30-pdr Parrott rifle
    one 9" Dahlgren rifle
    four 24-pdrs
    Propulsion steam
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    Boxer 101k Sketch by CDR .Edmund R. Colhoun of USS Lodona from his letter book of 1865-1885 in the Naval Historical Foundation's Colhoun Collection. He was Lodona's Commanding Officer during the Civil War.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 51415. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.    		 Bill Gonyo
    USS Lodona
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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