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USS Honeysuckle

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Screw Steamer:
  • Built in 1862 as the wooden screw steamer, William G. Fargo
  • Purchased by the US Navy, 19 August 1863, at New York from her owner, Frank Perew
  • Commissioned USS Honeysuckle, at New York Navy Yard, 3 December 1863, Acting Ensign Cyrus Sears commanding
  • USS Honeysuckle departed New York 24 December 1863, arriving at Key West, about 8 January 1864
  • Honeysuckle was assigned a blockading station in the Gulf of Mexico west of the Florida coast as part of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron
  • She captured Fly 11 January, Florida 20 March, and Miriam 27 April 1864
  • Early in May Honeysuckle served as a dispatch vessel at Key West
  • During the next 2 months she was hit by an epidemic of yellow fever among the crew
  • In August she became a supply vessel, making a trip to Indian River with medical supplies for USS James S. Chambers, a ship stricken with fever
  • In December 1864 she was reassigned to active blockade duty after a repair period at Key West
  • Taking up station off Cedar Keys, she captured three more blockade runners in early 1865: Augusta, 17 January; Sort, 28 February; and Phantom, 2 March.
  • Decommisisoned at New York where, 30 June 1865
  • Sold in late 1865 to a private buyer, redocumented as Honeysuckle she remained active until 1900
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 241 t.
    Length 123'
    Beam 20'2"
    Depth of Hold 10'
    Draft unknown
    Speed 12 kts
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    two 20-pdr guns
    Propulsion
    steam engine
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    098694301    		 69k Oil-on-canvas painting by William Gaye Yorke (1817-1892) of USS Honeysuckle. Image dated between 1862 and 1892. Roert Hurst
    USS Honeysuckle
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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