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The first USS ''Lackawanna'' was a screw sloop-of-war in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. ''Lackawanna'' was launched by the New York Navy Yard on 9 August 1862; sponsored by Ms. Imogen Page Cooper; and commissioned on 8 January 1863, Captain John B. Marchand in command. She was named after the Lackawanna River in Pennsylvania. ==Civil War== The new screw sloop-of-war departed New York on 20 January, to join the Union blockade of the southern coast. She reported to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron at Pensacola, Florida early in February and, for the remainder of the war, served along the gulf coast of the Confederacy, principally off Mobile Bay. ''Lackawanna'' took her first prize — ''Neptune'' — on 14 June after a long chase in which the Glasgow ship had jettisoned her cargo trying to escape. The Union sloop-of-war scored again the next day, capturing steamer ''Planter'' as the Mobile blockade runner attempted a dash to Havana, Cuba laden with cotton and resin. Following duty along the Texas coast near Galveston in March–April 1864, ''Lackawanna'' returned to the blockade of Mobile early in May to prevent the escape of Confederate ram ''Tennessee''. During the summer she served in the blockade while preparing for Admiral David Farragut's conquest of Mobile Bay. On 9 July, with , , and , she braved the guns of Fort Morgan to shell steamer ''Virgin'', a large blockade runner aground at the entrance of Mobile Bay. The Union guns forced a southern river steamer to abandon efforts to assist ''Virgin'', but the next day the Confederates refloated the blockade runner who reached safety in Mobile Bay. Closing this strategic southern port was an important part of the Union strategy to isolate and subdue the South. At dawn on the morning of 5 August, Farragut's ships crossed the bar and entered the bay. A Confederate squadron, led by ironclad ram ''Tennessee'' and a field of deadly mines awaited to block their advance. Farragut's lead monitor struck a mine and went down in seconds. The Confederate flagship ''Tennessee'' vainly tried to ram and the action became general, raging for more than an hour. At one point in the struggle, ''Lackawanna'' rammed ''Tennessee'' at full speed, causing the Confederate ram to list, and later she collided with while attempting to ram ''Tennessee'' again, shortly before the ironclad struck. This daring operation closed the last major gulf port to the South. Twelve of ''Lackawanna's'' sailors received the Medal of Honor for their actions during this battle:〔〔 * Seaman John M. Burns * Landsman Michael Cassidy * Landsman Louis G. Chaput * Landsman Patrick Dougherty * Captain of the Top John Edwards * Landsman Samuel W. Kinnaird * Seaman Adam McCullock * Boatswain's Mate William Phinney * Captain of Forecastle John Smith * Armorer George Taylor * Quarter Gunner James Ward * Quartermaster Daniel Whitfield Following the Union victory in Mobile Bay, ''Lackawanna'' continued to operate in the gulf, enforcing the blockade until after the end of the Civil War. She departed Key West on 24 June 1865, reached New York on the 28th, and decommissioned at New York Navy Yard on 20 July. 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 Lackawanna (1862)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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