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NavSource Online: "Old Navy" Ship Photo Archive USS Grosbeak (I) Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Civil War Medal
Sidewheel Steamer:
Built in 1864 as the sidewheel steamer Fanny at Cincinnati OH.
Launched, date unknown
Purchased by the US navy at Mound City, IL. 3 February 1865
Commissioned, USS Grosbeak, 24 February 1865, Acting Master Thomas Burns in command
Grosbeak initially reported for duty with the iron-clad monitor squadron stationed in Kentucky
She next joined the Mississippi squadron patrolling the river from Cairo to the White River
Grosbeak rescued between 60 and 80 survivors from the river steamer Sultana which caught fire and exploded off Memphis 27 April, 1865
She transferred the survivors to hospital and also transported wounded men from boats further down the river to Memphis for proper care
Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, at Mound City, IL. circa Augsut 1865
She was sold there 17 August 1865
Final Disposition, Sold to private hands and renamed Mollie Hambleton, Oct 11, 1865. She was sold to Spicer Nagle for trade along the Trinity River, Texas. Sank and lost at Galveston, Tex., June 9, 1871. Specifications:
Displacement 196 t.
Length 164'
Beam 28'
Draft unknown
Depth of Hold 4'6"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament
two 20-pdr Parrott rifles
two two 30-pdr Parrott rifles
one 12-pdr smoothbore
Propulsion
steam engines
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