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USS Hope (I)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Schooner:
  • Built as the wooden schooner Hope, date and location unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Purchased by the Navy, 29 November 1861, from T. P. Ives
  • Commissioned USS Hope, 14 December 1861, at New York, Acting Master M. S. Chase in command.
  • During the Civil War Hope was assigned to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron based at Port Royal. acting as a dispatch vessel supply boat for ships to the southward.
  • Participated in the blockade off Fernandina the adjacent coast of Florida in 1862
  • Captured schooner Emma Turtle, off Charleston, 27 January 1863
  • Throughout most of 1864, Hope remained off Charleston as a blockader
  • Captured sloop Racer, off Bull's Bay 1 August 1864
  • Refitted in late 1864 for diving duty and in October began salvage operations in the Savannah River and Charleston harbor
  • Hope worked on the salvage of CSS Savannah
  • Decommissioned at New York, 6 September 1865
  • Sold 25 October 1865 to T. Morley
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 134 t.
    Length 85'
    Beam 20' 9"
    Draft 9 ft
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Speed 10 kts
    Complement unknown
    Armament one 20-pdr
    Propulsion sail
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    098654002    		 68k Builder’s half hull model, starboard side, made by Henry Steers of the schooner yacht Hope, ca. 1861. Robert Hurst
    USS Hope (I)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01Acting MASTER Chase, Mark S.14 December 1861 - 17 May 1862
    02Acting MASTER Rockwell, John E.17 May 1862 - 12 April 1864
    03Acting MASTER Heath, David P.12 April 1864 - 15 June 1865
    04Acting ENSIGN Curtis, Gardner G.15 June 1865 - 6 September 1865
    Courtesy Bill Gonyo
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