USS Kittatinny (1861)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States
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| Ordered: | as Stars and Stripes |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | date unknown |
| Acquired: | 21 September 1861 |
| Commissioned: | 9 December 1861 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 September 1865 |
| Struck: | 1865 (est.) |
| Fate: | sold, 27 September 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 450 tons |
| Length: | 129 ft (39 m) |
| Beam: | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
| Propulsion: | sail |
| Speed: | varied |
| Complement: | 66 |
| Armament: | four 32-pounder guns |
USS Kittatinny (1861) was a schooner acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
Kittatinny was a three-masted schooner purchased by the Navy at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as Stars and Stripes from Simpson and Neile 21 September 1861; and commissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard 9 December 1861, Lt. George E. Welch in command.
Assigned to the Gulf Blockading Squadron, she departed the Delaware River 20 December and reached Key West, Florida, 10 days later. An active blockader in the Gulf of Mexico, she shared in the capture of Major Barbour attempting to slip through the blockade with a cargo of gunpowder, niter, sulfur, percussion caps, and lead for the Confederate Army.
She took schooner Julio near Barataria, Louisiana, 11 May and captured schooner Emma 27 September. Schooner Matilda fell prey to the vigilant Union blockader off Matagarda Bay, Texas, 25 November; and schooner Diana was taken the next day. Kittatinny took sloop D. Sargent off Galveston, Texas, 12 March 1863 shortly before sailing to New York City for repairs.
Kittatinny recommissioned at New York 10 June 1863, Acting Master Isaac D. Seyburn in command. On the 15th she sailed on a cruise in the North Atlantic Ocean seeking Confederate raider Tacony, a ship taking a heavy toll on Northern shipping. She returned to New York City on the 29th and sailed 11 August to return to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron for duty off the Texas coast.
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