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USS Lodona (1862)
USS ''Lodona'' (1862) was a large steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
''Lodona'', a bark-rigged iron screw steamer, was built at Kingston-upon-Hull, England, in 1862 and owned by Z. C. Pearson, London. Captured by Union gunboat while attempting to run the blockade in Ossawbaw Sound, South Carolina, 4 August 1862, the ship was taken to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, under Lt. C. H. Greene for adjudication; condemned; and purchased by the Navy from the Philadelphia Prize Court 20 September 1862. ''Lodona'' commissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard 5 January 1863 with Acting Lieutenant Edmund R. Colhoun in command.
== Assigned to the South Atlantic Blockade ==
Assigned to Rear Adm. Samuel F. DuPont’s South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, ''Lodana'' departed Philadelphia 7 January 1863 for Port Royal, South Carolina, touching at Hampton Roads and Fort Monroe, Virginia, where she took in tow monitor , arriving Port Royal 5 February. The warship sailed 5 days later for Charleston, South Carolina, towing schooner ''E. W. Gardner'', joining the blockade there the next day.
On the 19th, she headed for Bull’s Bay to take up blockading. ''Lodana'' remained on active blockade off the coast of South Carolina, at Bull’s Bay or Charleston, returning intermittently to Port Royal for supply or repairs through September. On 20 April, the steamer captured English brig ''Minnie'' out of Nassau, Bahamas, attempting to run the blockade in Bull’s Bay and sent her to Philadelphia.
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