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Photo # NH 53408:  USS Huron dressed with flags, probably after the Civil War

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USS Huron (1862-1869)

USS Huron, a 691-ton Unadilla class screw steam gunboat, was built at Boston, Massachusetts. Commissioned in January 1862, she operated off South Carolina, Georgia and Florida for the next two years, participating in the capture or destruction of three blockade-running steamers and four sailing vessels. Huron also took part in the several operations against Confederate shore positions, among them bombardments of Fort McAllister, Georgia, and batteries in the Stono River, S.C.

Transferred to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in 1864, Huron bombarded Fort Fisher, North Carolina, during both the unsuccessful attempt to capture that strong point in December 1864 and the successful one the next month. She subsequently participated in operations on the Cape Fear River, N.C. In May 1865, Huron steamed to the Gulf of Mexico to help with efforts to intercept escaping Confederate officials.

Following the end of the Civil War, Huron served on the South American station. She decommissioned in October 1868 and was sold in June 1869. She subsequently became the merchant vessel D.H. Bills.

This page features all our views related to USS Huron (1862-1869).

For a picture of a man awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism aboard either this USS Huron or the next ship of the name, see:

  • Seaman James Carey.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: NH 53408

    USS Huron (1862-1869)


    Dressed with flags, with the Italian flag at her main peak, probably during her post-Civil War service.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 53409

    USS Huron (1862-1869)


    Sketch by F.C. Rassek.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, February 1939.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 57814

    USS Huron (1862-1869)


    Wash drawing by R.G. Skerrett, 1901.

    Courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 440 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 59367

    "Our New Gun-boats"


    Engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", July-December 1861 volume.
    It depicts ten of the "90-Day Gunboats" constructed for the U.S. Navy in 1861-62.
    Ships, as identified below the image bottom, are (from left, all USS): Chippewa, Sciota, Itasca, Winona, Huron, Ottawa, Pembina, Seneca, Unadilla and Sagamore.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 310 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 59170

    "Second Attack upon Fort Fisher, showing the positions of the vessels, and the lines of fire", 13-15 January 1865


    Chart by Walter A. Lane, published in "The Soldier in our Civil War", Volume II.
    The positions of 58 ships are represented on the chart.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 216KB; 825 x 1225 pixels

     

    For a picture of a man awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism aboard either this USS Huron or the next ship of the name, see:

  • Seaman James Carey.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 10 February 2001
    New image added 31 August 2001