MONTGOMERY

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Screw Gunboat Built 1858 Chartered by U.S. Navy May 1861 Purchased August 28 1861 USS MONTGOMERY (Screw Gunboat) Commissioned May 27 1861 - Decommissioned June 20 1865 Sold at public auction August 10 1865 Redocumented "SS MONTGOMERY" April 1 1866 Engaged in merchant service into 1877 Sunk in a collision off Cape Hatteras, N.C., on January 7 1877

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

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U.S. SHIP

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Other Information

MONTGOMERY was assigned to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron June 1861
Captured FINLAND, August 29 1861, off Apalachicola, FL.
Joined the East Gulf Blockading Squadron, January 20 1862
Took Schooner ISABEL, February 1 off Atchafalaya Bay
Joined the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, April 5 1862
Hunted for and found abandoned Schooner COLUMBIA in April burning her
Cruised the Mexican and Texas coasts helping free American citizens held in Mexico
Captured British Schooner WILL-O’-THE-WISP off the Rio Grande, June 3 1862
Further prizes were;
BLANCHE, chased ashore at Havana October 7 1862
British Steamer CAROLINE, taken off Mobile October 28 1862
Sloop WILLIAM E. CHESTER, taken November 20 1862
Joined the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, searching for Confederate cruisers CSS TACONY and CSS FLORIDA June and July 1863
Joined the Wilmington Blockade in August for the remainder of the year
Captured PET February 11 1864
Destroyed Blockade Runner SS DOVE June 7 1864
Captured BENDIGO aground on Wilmington Bar June 13 1864
Seized BAT off Western Bar October 11 1864
Participated in the attacks on and capture of Fort Fisher in December 1864 and January 1865
February to June patrolled off Cape Fear River

 

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