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Photo # NH 61859:  USS Commodore Hull in action at Plymouth, N.C., 29 October 1864.

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USS Commodore Hull (1862-1865).
Originally the civilian ferryboat Nuestra Señora del Regla (1861).
Was civilian Waccamaw after 1865

USS Commodore Hull, a 376-ton gunboat, was built at the New York in 1861 as the civilian ferryboat Nuestra Señora del Regla, intended for use at Havana, Cuba. Purchased by the Navy in September 1862, she was converted to a gunboat and commissioned in the following November. Her ferryboat design made her especially useful for operations in sheltered waters, and Commodore Hull spent most of her service in the North Carolina Sounds and its adjacent rivers. In that area, she took part in the 5 May 1864 battle with the Confederate ironclad CSS Albemarle, and in attacks on and the capture of Plymouth, N.C., on 29-31 October 1864. Though badly damaged in the latter action, Commodore Hull remained active until the end of the Civil War. Decommissioned in June 1865 and sold in September of that year, she subsequently was named Waccamaw in civilian employment, which lasted until sometime prior to 1885.

USS Commodore Hull was named in honor of Commodore Isaac Hull (1773-1843), a signficant Naval commander during and after the War of 1812.

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Photo #: NH 63706

USS Commodore Hull
(1862-1865)

Watercolor by Erik Heyl, 1962, painted for use in his book "Early American Steamers", Volume IV.
Originally the civilian ferryboat Nuestra Señora del Regla, built in 1861. She returned to civilian employment after the Civil War, under the name Waccamaw.

Courtesy of Erik Heyl.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 1673

"Wood versus Iron"


19th Century photograph of an artwork by Acting Second Engineer Alexander C. Stuart, USN, 1864.
It shows CSS Albemarle engaging several Federal gunboats on Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, on 5 May 1864. USS Sassacus is in left center, ramming the Confederate ironclad. Other U.S. Navy ships seen are (from left): Commodore Hull, Wyalusing and Mattabesett. The Confederate transport Bombshell, captured during the action, is in the right background.
Albemarle was not significantly damaged during this action, which left Sassacus disabled by a hit in one of her boilers.

Collection of Surgeon H.P. Babcock, presented by George R. Babcock, 1938.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 61859

"U.S.S. 'Commodore Hull,' at Plymouth, N.C."


Phototype by F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa the later 19th Century.
This print depicts USS Commodore Hull engaging Confederate batteries at Plymouth, North Carolina, on 29 October 1864.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 59163

"The Capture of Plymouth, North Carolina, October 31, 1864"


Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", December 1864.
It depicts the bombardment of Plymouth by U.S. Navy gunboats, immediately before the capture of the city.
Ships shown include (from center to right): USS Shamrock, USS Otsego, USS Commodore Hull and USS Bazely.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 58943

"Capture of Plymouth, N.C. Oct. 1864"


19th Century photograph of a painting by Acting Second Engineer Alexander C. Stuart, USN, 1864.
It depicts USS Commodore Hull (at left) leading the "Double-Ender" gunboats Tacony, Shamrock, Otsego and Wyalusing in engaging Confederate batteries at Plymouth, North Carolina, on 31 October 1864. Small vessels lashed to the gunboats' unengaged sides include USS Whitehead (beside Tacony), USS Bazely (beside Shamrock) and Belle (beside Otsego).

Collection of Surgeon H.P. Babcock, USN. Donated by his son, George R. Babcock, 1939.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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