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USS
Mackinaw
(SwStGbt: t. 974; l. 2051; b.
35'; dr. 9'6"; s. 14 k.; a. 2 100‑pdr. P.r., 4
9" sb., 2 24‑pdr. sb., 1 heavy 12 pdr.,
1 12‑pdr. r.; cl. Algonquin)
The sidewheel steamer Mackinaw, built at the New York
Navy Yard in 1863, was launched 22
April 1863, and commissioned at New
York 23 April 1864,
Comdr. J. C. Beaumont in command.
Mackinaw joined the North
Atlantic Blockading Squadron, starting picket duty on the James
River in May and remaining on the river for
most of 1864. She destroyed the steamer Georgiana McCaw 5 June and
supported Union troops on their advance from Dutch Gap, Va.,
11 August.
Transferred to the Wilmington
blockade, Mackinaw chased a steamer 7 November and captured schooner Mary
east of Charleston
3 December. She participated in the attacks on Fort Fisher 24 and 25 December
and 13 and 14
January 1865. She went into action against Fort
Anderson
18 February, shelling the works at Port Royal
until the latter part of April. She was ordered to Portsmouth,
N.H.,
26 April and decommissioned 11 May.
Recommissioned 18 January
1866, Mackinaw served
in the North Atlantic Squadron and in the West Indies until decommissioning 4 May 1867. She was sold at public auction at Philadelphia 3 October 1867.
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