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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Dandelion (1862-1865)
USS Dandelion, a 111-ton screw steam tug, was built
at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1862 under the name Antietam.
The Navy purchased her in November 1862 and placed her in commission
in December of that year. Assigned to the South Atlantic Blockading
Squadron soon after, Dandelion operated in the waters of
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida during the rest of the Civil
War. She was present during the 3 March 1863 bombardment of Fort
McAllister, Georgia. A month later, she rescued crewmen from the
sinking ironclad Keokuk.
In July and August 1863, Dandelion took part in operations
against Morris Island, South Carolina. In February 1864, the tug
participated in an assault on Jacksonville, Florida. She was sent
north and decommissioned in July 1865. USS Dandelion was
sold the following month and returned to commercial employment.
This page features all the views we have related to USS Dandelion.
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a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 59288
Bombardment of Fort McAllister, Georgia, 3 March 1863
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", January-June
1863, page 196, depicting the bombardment of Fort McAllister
by the U.S. Navy monitors Passaic, Patapsco and
Nahant. The engraving is based on a sketch by "an
eye-witness" on board USS Montauk, which is in the
right center foreground. In the left foreground, firing on the
fort, are the mortar schooners C.P. Williams, Norfolk
Packet and Para. Among other U.S. Navy ships involved
were gunboats Wissahickon, Seneca and Dawn
and tug Dandelion.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 59287
Bombardment of Fort McAllister, Georgia, 3 March 1863
Line engraving, after a sketch by W.T. Crane, published in "The
Soldier in Our Civil War", Volume II, page 39. It depicts
the U.S. Navy monitors Patapsco, Passaic and Nahant
firing on Fort McAllister (at far left) from the Ogeechee River.
Other U.S. Navy ships are in the foreground. Montauk is
the monitor in this group (farthest from the artist). Firing
on the fort from the right foreground are mortar schooners, including
C.P. Williams, Norfolk Packet and Para.
Among other U.S. Navy ships involved were gunboats Wissahickon,
Seneca and Dawn and tug Dandelion, all screw
steamers.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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