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USS Wissahickon (1861)
USS ''Wissahickon'' was a that was built for service with the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
==History==
''Wissahickon'' was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Commissioned in November 1861, she initially served in the Gulf of Mexico and on the Mississippi River, where in April–July 1862 she participated in the capture of New Orleans, bombardment of Grand Gulf, two runs past the Confederate fortifications commanding the river at Vicksburg and a battle with the ironclad .
After repairs at Philadelphia from August–October 1862, ''Wissahickon'' joined the blockade of the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia and eastern Florida. She took part in bombardments of Fort McAllister, Georgia, in late 1862-early 1863 and in the destruction of the privateer ''Rattlesnake'' (ex-CSS ''Nashville'') on 28 February 1863. One of her sailors, Captain of the Forecastle Henry Shutes, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his part in the action at Fort McAllister and the earlier Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip.〔 In March–June 1863, ''Wissahickon'' destroyed one blockade runner (the SS ''Georgiana'')〔( Discovery of the SS ''Georgiana'' )〕〔''Treasures of the Confederate Coast: the "real Rhett Butler" & Other Revelations'' by Dr. E. Lee Spence, Narwhal Press, ©1995.〕 and helped to destroy another. During the summer, she bombarded Forts Wagner and Sumter, off Charleston, South Carolina.
''Wissahickon'' spent the rest of the Civil War patrolling off South Carolina and in expeditions into the inland waters of that state and Georgia. She went to New York in June 1865, after the end of hostilities, and was decommissioned there at the beginning of July. ''Wissahickon'' was sold in October 1865 and soon became a merchant vessel under the name ''Adele''. She was employed in commercial service for some 20 more years.
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