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USS ''Orvetta'' (1861) was a schooner acquired 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. ''Orvetta'' was purchased by the Navy at New York City 1 October 1861 from E. & D. Bigelow, agents; and commissioned at New York Navy Yard 27 January 1862, Acting Master Francis E. Blanchard in command. == Fitted out with mortars and assigned to the Mississippi River == One of 21 schooners fitted out with mortars for a bomb flotilla organized by Comdr. David Dixon Porter to support Flag Officer David Farragut’s deep draft ships in their attack on New Orleans, ''Orvetta'' sailed down the Atlantic coast, across the Gulf of Mexico, and into the Mississippi River through Pass a l’Outre below Fort St. Philip and Fort Jackson, 18 April 1862. ''Orvetta'' and her sister schooners opened fire and maintained the barrage on the Confederate fortifications until the 24th when Farragut’s salt water ships passed the forts. The next day New Orleans, Louisiana, surrendered. The schooner subsequently supported operations in the Mississippi River, especially against Vicksburg and served in the Gulf of Mexico. 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 Orvetta (1861)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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