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NavSource Online: "Old Navy" Ship Photo Archive USS Charles Phelps Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Medal
Ship:
Built in 1848 at New London, CT., as a the whaler Charles Phelps
Launched, date unknown
Purchased by the Navy at New Bedford, MA., 24 June 1861
Commissioned USS Charles Phelps, later in the year, Acting Master W. F. North in command
Charles Phelps was assigned as a coal supply ship for the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
She served in Hampton Roads, Va., throughout the Civil War
Her support of the Squadron's steamers was as critical a contribution to their mission of cutting the Confederacy off from overseas supply as a modern-day oiler's logistic support is to the operations of the fleet
Decommissioned, date unknown
Sold at New York, 25 October 1865
Final Disposition, fate unknown Specifications:
Displacement 363 t.
Length 110'
Beam 27.4'
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft 18'
Speed unknown
Complement 23
Armament
one 32-pdr smoothbore
Propulsion sail Click On Image
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