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For Full Size Image Size Image Description Source 21k Namesake .James Adger Merchant Ship name retained. James Adger was a wealthy and influential merchants of antebellum Charleston, S.C. who used his position to good effect in the affairs of the city. Tommy Trampp 154k Watercolor by Erik Heyl, 1948 of the steamship James Adger, painted for use in his book "Early American Steamers", Volume I. Built at New York City in 1852, this steamer was commercially employed as SS James Adger in 1851-1861 and in 1866-1878. Between 1861 and 1866, she served as USS James Adger
. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 63851. Courtesy of Erik Heyl. US Naval History and Heritage Command 303k 60th (Irish Brigade) Regiment embarking in SS James Adger at New York City for the war, 23 April 1861.
Harper's Weekly, Vol. V. No. 228 New York Saturday, May 11, 1861. Tommy Trampp 186k "Merchant Steamers Converted into Gun-boats."
Engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", July-December 1861 volume. Depicts thirteen merchant steamships acquired by the U.S. Navy between April and August 1861 and subsequently converted into warships, plus the steamer Nashville (far left), which became a Confederate cruiser. US Navy ships as identified below the image bottom, are (from left to right:
USS Alabama,
USS Quaker City,
USS Santiago de Cuba, (listed as "St. Jago de Cuba")
USS Mount Vernon,
USS Massachusetts,
USS South Carolina,
USS Florida,
USS De Soto,
USS Augusta,
USS James Adger,
USS Monticello,
USS Bienville and
USS R.R. Cuyler.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 59366. Robert Hurst 139k Preparing Merchant Vessels for the Blockade", Harper's Weekly, September 7, 1861. Merchant steamers Augusta, James Adger, Florida and Valley City being fitted out for naval service at New York Navy Yard. Tommy Trampp
098668304 77k USS James Adger participating with four other Union ships in the capture Emily St. Pierre off Charleston, 18 March 1862, by William Gay Yorke.
William Gay Yorke, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons John Spivey
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