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The first USS ''Oriole'' was a sternwheel river steamship in the Union Navy. She was named after the bird, the oriole. ''Oriole'' was acquired as the ''Florence Miller'' from John Swassey & Co. at Cincinnati, Ohio on 7 December 1864; converted to a sternwheel gunboat by Mr. Joseph Brown at Mound City, Illinois; and commissioned as ''Oriole'' on 22 March 1865, Acting Master Edward Alford in command. Assigned to the Mississippi River Squadron on 3 February 1865 while still named ''Florence Miller'', ''Oriole'' departed Mound City on 22 March for service in the 5th Naval District under Lt. Comdr. E. Y. McCauley. She performed blockade duties on the Mississippi River from Natchez to Vicksburg, until General Robert E. Lee's surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia on 9 April. The gunboat was retained in the Mississippi Squadron for towing and patrol duties through July 1865. On 4 August ''Oriole'' decommissioned at Mound City and was later sold there to Mr. Thomas Scott on 17 August 1865. ==See also== *American Civil War *Anaconda Plan *United States Navy *List of United States Navy ships 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Oriole (1864)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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