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USS Oriole (I)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal
Sternwheel Steamer Tinclad No.52):
  • Laid down as the sternwheel steamer Florence Miller No.3 date and location unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Purchased by the Navy, 7 December 1864, at Cincinnati, OH., from John Swassey & Co.
  • Converted to a sternwheel gunboat by Joseph Brown at Mound City, Il.
  • Commissioned USS Oriole, 22 March 1865, Acting Master Edward Alford in command.
  • Assigned to the Mississippi Squadron, 3 February 1865, while still named Florence Miller
  • Oriole departed Mound City, 22 March 1865, for service in the 5th Naval District under LCDR. E.Y. McCauley, performing blockading duties on the Mississippi River from Natchez to Vicksburg until until General Robert E. Lee's surrender, 9 April 1865.
  • Oriole was retained in the Mississippi Squadron for towing and patrol duties through July.
  • Decommissioned, 4 August 1865, at Mound City.
  • Sold there to Mr. Thomas Scott, 17 August 1865.
  • Resold, 14 October 1865, owner unknown, renamed Agnes.
  • Final Disposition, snagged and lost at Warrenton, MS., 3 March 1869.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 137 t.
    Length 125'
    Beam 26'5"
    Depth of Hold 7'7"
    Draft 6'3"
    Speed 6 kts
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    two 30-pdr Parrott rifles
    one 12-pdr rifle
    six 24-pdrs
    Propulsion
    steam engine
    sternwheel
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    Namesake
    Oriole - Any of various birds in America with a highly specialized vocal apparatus - commonly referred to as "singing birds," although many among them do not sing - the Icteridae family: the males are usually bright black and yellow or orange, the females chiefly greenish or yellowish, as the Baltimore oriole and the orchard oriole     		Tommy Trampp
    USS Oriole (I)
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