USS Pink (1863)
| Career (US) | Union Navy Jack |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | as Zouave |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 1863 |
| Acquired: | 14 December 1863 |
| Commissioned: | 6 February 1864 |
| Out of service: | 22 September 1865 |
| Struck: | 1865 (est.) |
| Fate: | sank, 22 September 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 184 tons |
| Length: | 110’ 4” |
| Beam: | 24’ 6” |
| Draught: | depth of hold 7’ |
| Propulsion: |
steam engine screw-propelled |
| Speed: | not known |
| Complement: | 24 |
| Armament: |
one 30-pounder Parrott rifle two heavy 12-pounder smoothbores |
USS Pink (1863) was a steamer commissioned by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She served the Union Navy’s struggle against the Confederate States of America in various ways: as a tugboat, a gunboat, and as a small (184 ton) transport.
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Steamer constructed at Newburgh, New York, in 1863
Pink, a wooden screw tug built in 1863 as Zouave at Newburgh, New York, was purchased by the Union Navy 14 December 1863 from New York and Glen Cove Steam Navigation Co.; and commissioned 6 February 1864, Acting Master John B. Dicks in command.
Temporary service in the North Atlantic blockade
The new tug sailed for the gulf early in April 1864 but was detained in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron during the spring and early summer for repairs at Norfolk, Virginia, and service as a small transport on the James River.
Assignment with the West Gulf blockade
She resumed her voyage south with sister tugs Tritonia, Athenia, and Rose 26 July and joined the West Gulf Blockading Squadron in Mississippi Sound on 5 August, the day of Admiral David Farragut’s great victory in Mobile Bay.
She supported Union operations, primarily in Mobile Bay, until after the end of the Civil War.
Post-war sinking of Pink after running aground
While steaming from New Orleans, Louisiana, toward Mobile, Alabama, Pink ran aground on Dauphin Island before dawn 22 September 1865 and bilged beyond salvage.
References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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