Ordered as Fanny Launched date unknown Commissioned 24 February 1865 Length 50 m | Laid down date unknown Acquired 3 February 1865 Decommissioned circa 17 August 1865 Weight 199.1 tons | |
USS Grosbeak (1865) was a steamship acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
Contents
- Purchased at Mount City Illinois in 1865
- Assigned for duty on the Mississippi River
- Rescuing survivors from the steamboat Sultana
- Post war decommissioning and sale
- References
Grosbeak was placed into service as a gunboat and assigned to the Union blockade of ports of the Confederate States of America.
Purchased at Mount City, Illinois, in 1865
Grosbeak, renamed from Fanny, was purchased at Mound City, Illinois. 3 February 1865; and commissioned 24 February, Acting Master Thomas Burns in command.
Assigned for duty on the Mississippi River
After brief duty in Kentucky with the iron-clad monitor squadron stationed there. Grosbeak joined the Mississippi squadron patrolling the Mississippi River from Cairo, Illinois, to the White River.
Rescuing survivors from the steamboat Sultana
When the river steamer Sultana caught fire and exploded off Memphis, Tennessee, 27 April, 1865, Grosbeak rescued 60 to 80 survivors and transferred them to hospital. She also transported wounded men from boats further down the river to Memphis, Tennessee, for proper care.
Post-war decommissioning and sale
As the war ended, Grosbeak returned to Mound City and was sold there 17 August 1865.