USS Bignonia (1863)

History
United States
Name: USS Bignonia
Ordered: as Mary Grandy
Laid down: date unknown
Launched: 1863 at Cleveland, Ohio
Acquired: August 2, 1864
Commissioned: September 14, 1864
Decommissioned: July 12, 1865
Fate: sold, July 12, 1865
General characteristics
Type: Tugboat
Displacement: 321 long tons (326 t)
Length: 131 ft (40 m)
Beam: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Draft: 10 ft 8 in (3.25 m)
Propulsion:
Speed: 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement: 50
Armament:
  • 1 × 30-pounder rifle
  • 2 × 12-pounder smoothbore guns

USS Bignonia (1863) was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

She was used by the Union Navy as a tugboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.

Acquired by the Union Navy in Cleveland, Ohio

Bignonia, a screw tug, was built in 1863 at Cleveland, Ohio, as Mary Grandy; purchased by the Union Navy on August 2, 1864; and commissioned on September 14, 1864, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant W. D. Roath in command.

Civil War service

Until April 1865, Bignonia served with the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron as a tug. She was reassigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron in April 1865.

Post-war decommissioning and sale

Bignonia was decommissioned there and sold on July 12, 1865.

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References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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