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USS Commodore McDonough

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Sidewheel Steamer:

Built, as a sidewheel ferry, date and location unknown

Launched, date unknown

Purchased by the US Navy, 5 August 1862, at New York

Fitted out at New York Navy Yard

Commissioned, USS Commodore McDonough, 24 November 1862, LCDR. G. Bacon in command

Commodore McDonough joined the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron arrived at Port Royal, S.C., 11 December 1862

Commodore McDonough operated in the harbor at Charleston bombarding the forts protecting the city. She also conducted operations cruising the coastal rivers to bombard shore installations, cover landing of troops, engage Confederate batteries, and perform reconnaissance

At the close of the war, Commodore McDonough assisted in harbor clearance at Port Royal

Final Disposition, foundered, 23 August 1865, while under tow for New York

Specifications:
Displacement 532 t.
Length 154' (estimate)
Beam 32' (estimate)
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft 8'6"
Speed 8 kts
Complement 75

Armament

one 9" smoothbore

one 20-pdr rifle

four 24-pdr smoothbores

Propulsion steam, two paddlewheels

US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 59160

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	48k	USS Commodore McDonough in a harbor, during the Civil War. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 55306	Robert Hurst
098668902	95k	USS Commodore McDonough at anchor at Hilton Head, S.C., circa December 1862, with Union soldiers sitting in a rowboat in the foreground Photograph by Hass & Peale. US Naval History and Heritage Command Item # LC-USZ62-49371	Tommy Trampp
098668903	353k	"New Advance upon Charleston The Gunboat Com. M'Donough, and a Mortar Boat, shelling the Rebel Position on James Island, S.C., Feb. 9." Line engraving after a sketch by W.T. Crane, published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1865. It depicts USS Commodore McDonough (probably seen distantly at right) another steamer and a mortar schooner in action during operations against Charleston, S.C., on 9 February 1865.	Tommy Trampp

USS Commodore McDonough
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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