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NavSource Online: "Old Navy" Ship Photo Archive USS Bohio Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Medal
Brig
Built in 1856 at Williamsburg, N.Y.
Launched, date unknown
Purchased by the Navy, 9 September 1861
Commissioned USS Bohio, 30 December 1861, Acting Master W. D. Gregory in command
Bohio joined the West Gulf Blockading Squadron in January 1862 and cruised along the Louisiana and Alabama coasts
During 1862 she took the schooner Eugenie and three other prizes and forced the scuttling of a fifth vessel
She joined Albatross in destroying the salt works along St. Andrew Bay, FL, 24 November-8 December 1862
Bohio continued on blockade duty in Pensacola Bay, FL., and off the Texas coast until March 1864 when she was converted into a coal vessel.
Decommissioned at New York Navy Yard, 25 July 1865, and sold there 27 September 1865
Final Disposition, fate unknown Specifications:
Displacement 197 t.
Length 100'
Beam 24'9"
Depth of Hull 9'4"
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament
two 32-pdr smoothbores
Propulsion sail Click On Image
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