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USS Maria J. Carlton (1861)
USS ''Maria J. Carlton'' (1861) was a schooner acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a mortar schooner after being outfitted with a mortar and howitzers which could fire a projectile up-and-over instead of directly straight ahead.
''Maria J. Carlton'' was purchased by the Navy at Middletown, Connecticut, from a Mr. Warner of Haddam, Connecticut, 15 October 1861; converted to mortar schooner at New York Navy Yard; and commissioned 29 January 1862, Acting Master Charles E. Jack in command.
== Assigned to neutralize forts on, or near, the Mississippi River ==
Assigned to the Mortar Flotilla organized by the Navy to neutralize Confederate forts guarding the sea approach to New Orleans, Louisiana, the schooner got underway for the mouth of the Mississippi River in mid February 1862; despite a heavy gale off Cape Hatteras which carried away her mainmast, rigging, and sails, she crossed the bar at Pass a l’Outre 18 March and anchored in the chocolate colored waters of the Mississippi River Delta.
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