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USS Midnight (I)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Medal
Schooner:
Built as the wooden bark Dawn, date and location unknown
Launched, date unknown
Purchased by the US Navy, 31 July 1861, at New York City
Commissioned, USS Midnight, 19 October 1861, at New York Navy Yard, Acting Volunteer LT. James Trathen in command
USS Midnight was assigned to the Gulf Blockading Squadron 2 November 1861, operating primarily along the southwestern coast of Texas
Reassigned to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 16 October 1862
3 February 1864 captured British schooner Defy off Doboy Light, GA.
Midnight's last tour of duty was with the East Gulf Blockading Squadron early in the fall of 1864
The ship's most successful expedition was at St. Andrews Bay, from 1 to 4 February 1865, where a landing party destroyed beyond repair several large salt
plants and dumping tons salt into the sea
Decommissioned, date unknown
Sold at public auction in Boston to C. H. Miller, 1 November 1865
Final Disposition, fate unknown
Specifications:
Displacement 387 t.
Length 126'
Beam 27' 10"
Draft 10'
Depth of Hold unknown
Complement 70
Speed unknown
Armament
six 32-pdrs
two 20-pdr Parrott rifles
Propulsion sail
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USS Midnight (I)
(DANFS) History, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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Last Updated 10 July 2015
