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USS Bohio

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Brig

Built in 1856 at Williamsburg, N.Y.

Launched, date unknown

Purchased by the Navy, 9 September 1861

Commissioned USS Bohio, 30 December 1861, Acting Master W. D. Gregory in command

Bohio joined the West Gulf Blockading Squadron in January 1862 and cruised along the Louisiana and Alabama coasts

During 1862 she took the schooner Eugenie and three other prizes and forced the scuttling of a fifth vessel

She joined Albatross in destroying the salt works along St. Andrew Bay, FL, 24 November-8 December 1862

Bohio continued on blockade duty in Pensacola Bay, FL., and off the Texas coast until March 1864 when she was converted into a coal vessel.

Decommissioned at New York Navy Yard, 25 July 1865, and sold there 27 September 1865

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 197 t.
Length 100'
Beam 24'9"
Depth of Hull 9'4"
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown

Armament

two 32-pdr smoothbores

Propulsion sail

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USS Bohio
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