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Winnipec

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Mohongo-class Sidewheel Gunboat:
  • A double-ended, iron-hulled, sidewheel gunboat, built in 1864 at Boston, MA., by Harrison Loring
  • Launched, 20 August 1864
  • Completed in 1864
  • No record of commissioning, placed in service in 1865
  • Assigned to the Naval Academy as a practice ship
  • Placed in ordinary at Norfolk, VA. in 1868
  • Sold to Mr. Thomas Clyde, 17 June 1869
  • Redocumented, date unknown, for merchant service as SS South Carolina
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,030 t.
    Length 225'
    Beam 35'
    Depth of Hold 12'
    Draft 5'8" (aft)
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion steam, two paddlewheels
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    Winnipec 63k Watercolor of USS Winnipec by Erik Heyl, 1951, painted for use in his book "Early American Steamers", Volume I.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 63895. Courtesy of Erik Heyl    		 Robert Hurst
    Winnipec 66k Watercolor of SS South Carolina (ex-USS Winnipec (1865-1869) by Erik Heyl, 1951, painted for use in his book "Early American Steamers", Volume I.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 63891. Courtesy of Erik Heyl    		 Robert Hurst
    Winnipec
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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