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NavSource Online: "Old Navy" Ship Photo Archive USS Mignonette
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USS Dauntless (1862)
US Army Dauntless (1861)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Campaign Medal
Sidewheel Tug:
Built, date unknown, in one of the ports on the western rivers before the Civil War
Launched, date unknown
Acquired by the War Department in 1861 as Dauntless
Transferred, 20 September 1862 from the War Department to the Navy
Commission USS Dauntless, 30 September 1862, at Cairo, IL., Acting ENS. Milton B. Muncy in command
Assigned to RADM. David Dixon Porter's Mississippi Squadron
Dauntless was renamed USS Mignonette, 19 October 1862 and served as station tugboat at Cairo through 1865
On 23 February 1865, she was turned over to COMO. John W. Livingston, Commandant at the Mound City, IL., Naval Station for service
Mignonette remained at Mound City until decommissioned and sold to Brown & Jones 18 April 1873 for $5,000
Final Disposition, fate unknown Specifications:
Displacement 50 t.
Length unknown
Beam unknown
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament none
Propulsion
one steam engine
one boiler
two sidewheels
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