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USS Exchange

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Sternwheel Gunboat (Tinclad No.38):

Built in 1862 at Brownsville, PA.

Purchased by the US Navy, 6 April 1863

Commissioned USS Exchange in June 1863, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant J. S. Kurd in command

USS Exchange joined the Mississippi Squadron soon after commissioning,patrolling the Tennessee River

Early in September, she stood down the Mississippi River to Memphis, TN. through the remainder of the war, patrolled the Mississippi River and its tributaries

Exchange participated in the Yazoo River expedition in February 1864 to facilitate the march on Meridian, MS.

1 June 1864, during a 45-minute engagement with a masked battery at Columbia, AR., the gunboat was struck 35 times, 8 shot piercing her hull. One man was killed, and her commanding officer wounded.

Exchange towed and carried ordnance stores to Jefferson Barracks, MO., after the war, until decommissioned

Decommissioned at Mound City, IL., 6 August 1865

Sold 17 August 1865

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 211 t.
Length 155'3"
Beam 33'5"
Draft 6'
Depth of Hold unknown
Speed 6mph
Complement 81

Armament

two 32-pdr guns

four 24-pdr Howitzers

one 12-pdr gun

Propulsion

steam engine

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