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USS Naumkeag
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Medal
Sternwheel Gunboat (Tinclad No.37):
Built in 1863 at Cincinnati, OH. as the wooden stern-wheel steamboat Naumkeag
Purchased by the US Navy at Cairo, IL., 14 April 1863, from Allen Collier
Commissioned USS Naumkeag at Mound City, 16 April 1863, LCDR. George Brown in command
On 10 July USS Naumkeag joined in the pursuit of of Brig. Gen. John H. Morgan, CSA, who was racing through southern Indiana and Ohio: burning bridges, tearing
up railroads, destroying Federal public property, and terrifying the countryside
Naumkeag along with other Union gunboats caught up with Morgan at a ford above Buffington Island some 250 miles east of Cincinnati and attacked,
forcing the Southerners to flee up river leaving their wounded and foot soldiers behind to be captured
Naumkeag continued to operate on the western rivers through the end of the war
Decommissioned at Mound City, 11 August 1865
Sold at public auction, 17 August 1865, at Mound City to Charles F. Dumont
Naumkeag was redocumented as Montgomery, 16 September 1865, and served on the rivers of the South until destroyed by fire
Final Dispositon, Montgomery was destroyed by fire at Erie, AL. 19 January 1867
Specifications:
Displacement 148 t.
Length 154'4"
Beam 30'5"
Depth of Hold 4'6"
Draft 5'6"
Speed 6mph
Complement 81
Armament
two 30-pdr Parrott rifles
four 24-pdrs
Propulsion
steam engine
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USS Naumkeag
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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