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USS Nyack
A
village in Rockland County,
New York;
name derived from Indian word meaning “point” or “corner”.
(ScGbt: dp. 836; l 179’6”; b.
29’8”; dr. 11’6”; s. 10 k.; a. 1 10–pdr. P.r., 1 30–pdr. P.r., 2 9” D.sb., 2 24–pdrs.,
1 12–pdr. r., I heavy 12–pdr. r.)
Nyack, a
wooden-hulled screw gunboat, was laid down at New York Navy Yard in 1863;
launched 6 October 1863; and commissioned 28 September 1864, Lt. Comdr. L.
Howard Newman in command.
Nyack joined
the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron off Wilmington,
N.C.,
for duty through the close of the Civil War. She joined in attacks on Fort
Fisher
in the Cape Fear River
24 and 25 December
1864, and participated in the capture of Fort
Anderson
nearby 18 and 19
February 1865.
Ordered to the Pacific in 1866, Nyack
cruised the coasts of Ecuador,
Peru,
and Chile,
protecting American nationals while maintaining American neutrality during
tension between Spain
and her former colonies. She gave asylum to General Pardo, ex-President of Peru,
10 January 1868
as he fled revolutionary turmoil, carrying him safely to Valparaiso.
After similar service to America’s
foreign relations Nyack returned to San
Francisco early in 1871,
decommissioning 15
March 1871. She was sold there to W. E. Mighell
30 November 1883.
Tug Sioux (q.v.), was named Nyack (YT–19)
20 February 1918.
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