Career
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched:	9 August 1862
Commissioned:	8 January 1863
Decommissioned:	7 April 1885
Fate:	sold, 30 July 1887
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	1533 tons
Length:	237 ft
Beam:	38 ft 2 in
Draft:	16 ft 3 in
Propulsion:
Speed:	10.5 kts
Range:
Complement:
Armament:	2 24-pdr. hows., 2 12-pdr. hows., 2 12-pdr. r., 1 150-pdr. P. r., 1 50-pdr. D. r., 2 11" D. sb., 2 9" D. sb.

The first USS Lackawanna was a screw sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. the United States naval jack File links The following pages link to this file: USS Indianapolis (CA-35) USS Monitor USS Peleliu (LHA-5) USS Oregon (BB-3) USS Akron (ZRS-4) USS Housatonic (1861) USS Holland (SS-1) USS S-1 (SS-105) USS R-14 (SS-91) USS... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... USS Constellation, a United States Navy sloop-of-war. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union – and the newly-formed Confederate States of America, which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession. ...

Lackawanna was launched by the New York Navy Yard 9 August 1862; sponsored by Miss Imogen Page Cooper; and commissioned 8 January 1863, Captain John B. Marchand in command. She was named after the Lackawanna River in Pennsylvania. The New York Naval Shipyard (NYNSY), also known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard , the New York Navy Yard and United States Navy Yard, New York, is located 1. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Lackawanna River is a tributary of the Susquehanna River, approximately 35 mi (56 km) long, in northeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. ... State nickname: The Keystone State Other U.S. States Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell Official languages None Area 119,283 km² (33rd)  - Land 116,074 km²  - Water 3,208 km² (2. ...

The new screw sloop-of-war departed New York 20 January to join the Union blockade of the southern coast. She reported to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron at Pensacola, Florida early in February and, for the remainder of the war, served along the gulf coast of the Confederacy, principally off Mobile Bay. Lackawanna took her first prize, Neptune, 14 June after a long chase in which the 200-ton Glasgow ship had jettisoned her cargo trying to escape. The Union sloop-of-war scored again the next day, capturing steamer Planter as the Mobile blockade runner attempted a dash to Havana, Cuba laden with cotton and resin. The West Gulf Blockading Squadron was a squadron of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. ... This article is about the inland city of Pensacola, Florida. ... A confederacy can refer to: A form of government formed as a union of political organizations, though it differs from a republic in that the separate political units retain a greater degree of sovereignty over themselves. ... Mobile Bay - Landsat photo Mobile Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States. ... Glasgows location in Scotland Glasgow (or Glaschu in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city, on the River Clyde in west central Scotland. ... Paddle steamers - Lucerne-Switzerland Left: original paddlewheel from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. ... This article is about the Cuban city. ...

Following duty along the Texas coast near Galveston in March and April 1864, Lackawanna returned to the blockade of Mobile early in May to prevent the escape of Confederate ram Tennessee. During the summer she served in the blockade while preparing for Admiral David Farragut’s conquest of Mobile Bay. State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry Official languages None. ... Galveston is a city and island located in Galveston County, Texas. ... Lieutenant (later Commander) James D. Johnston, CSN, commander of the CSS Tennessee For other ships bearing the name Tennessee, see USS Tennessee CSS Tennessee, a slow-moving ironclad ram, was built at Selma, Alabama, where she was commissioned on February 16, 1864, Lieutenant James D. Johnston, CSN, in command. ... Admiral David Glasgow Farragut David Glasgow Farragut (July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was a naval officer during the American Civil War. ...

On 9 July, with Monongahela, Galena, and Sebago, she braved the guns of Fort Morgan to shell steamer Virgin, a large blockade runner aground at the entrance of Mobile Bay. The Union guns forced a southern river steamer to abandon efforts to assist Virgin, but the next day the Confederates refloated the blockade runner who reached safety in Mobile Bay. Closing this strategic southern port was an important part of the Union strategy to isolate and subdue the South. The first Monongahela was a barkentine‑rigged screw sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. ... USS Galena, an ironclad screw steamer, was one of the first three ironclads, each of a different design, built by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. ... Fort Morgan is a fort at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama, United States. ...

At dawn on the morning of 5 August, Farragut’s ships crossed the bar and entered the bay. A Confederate squadron, led by ironclad ram Tennessee and a field of deadly mines awaited to block their advance. Farragut’s lead monitor Tecumseh struck a mine and went down in seeonds. The Confederate flagship Tennessee vainly tried to ram Brooklyn and the action became general, raging for more than an hour. At one point in the struggle, Lackawanna rammed Tennessee at full speed, causing the Confederate ram to list, and later she collided with Hartford while attempting to ram Tennessee again, shortly before the ironclad struck. This daring operation closed the last major gulf port to the South. USS Monitor became the prototype of a form of ship built by several navies for coastal defence in the 1860s and 1870s and known as a monitor. ... The first USS Tecumseh was an iron-hulled, single-turret monitor in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. ... The first USS Brooklyn was a wooden screw sloop in the United States Navy. ... Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Hartford, named in honor of the Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. ...

Following the Union victory in Mobile Bay, Lackawanna continued to operate in the gulf, enforcing the blockade until after the end of the Civil War. She departed Key West 24 June 1865, reached New York on the 28th, and decommissioned at New York Navy Yard 20 July. Map of Key West Key West is a city located in Monroe County, Florida. ...

Recommissioned 7 May 1866, Commander William Reynolds in command, Lackawanna sailed for the South Atlantic 4 August, transited the Straits of Magellan 9 November, and arrived Honolulu, Hawaii 9 February 1867. She operated in the Pacific, primarily in the Hawaiian Islands and along the coast of California and Mexico until she arrived at Mare Island for decommissioning 10 February 1871. There have been several historical figures named William Reynolds. ... The Strait of Magellan, near Punta Arenas The Strait of Magellan is a navigable route immediately south of mainland South America. ... Location in Hawaii Founded  -Incorporated   County City & County of Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann Area  - Total  - Water Population  - City (2000)  - Density  - Metropolitan 371,657 1,674. ... For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ... Map of the Hawaiian Islands, a chain of islands that stretches 2,400 km in a northwesterly direction from the southern tip of the Island of Hawai‘i. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... Mare Island is an island in Vallejo, California, about 30 miles northeast of San Francisco. ...

Recommissioning 8 May 1872, the steam sloop sailed for the Orient 22 June and served in the Far East until returning to San Francisco, California 23 April 1875. In October 1880, in the midst of the War of the Pacific, the Lackawanna sailed for the South Pacific to host a conference of diplomacy proposed by the U.S. to end the war. Officials from the countries involved in the war--Peru, Chile, and Bolivia--did not reach an immediate agreement and U.S. efforts failed. For two brief periods in ordinary, Lackawanna continued to operate in the Pacific during the next 12 years. She finally decommissioned at Mare Island 7 April 1885 and was sold there to W. T. Garratt & Company 30 July 1887. Far East is a term often used for East Asia and Southeast Asia combined, sometimes including also the easternmost territories of Russia, i. ... The downtown San Francisco skyline, looking east from the central part of the city. ... The War of the Pacific was fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru, from 1879 to 1884. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ...

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