USS Ticonderoga, a 2526-ton Lackawanna class
screw sloop of war built at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn,
New York, was commissioned in May 1863. From June into September,
she operated in the West Indies, guarding against Confederate
raiders, and performed the same role in the northwestern Atlantic
during October 1863 to July 1864. She was then directed to search
for the Confederate cruiser CSS Florida,
work that continued until October. Assigned to the North Atlantic
Blockading Squadron in the next month, Ticonderoga participated
in the December 1864 and January 1865 attacks on Fort Fisher,
North Carolina. Her Civil War service ended with a brief tour
with the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron in January-March 1865,
after which she was placed out of commission.
Ticonderoga went back into active service in 1866, after
modifications to her rig, and was sent to European waters. She
operated there, in the Mediterranean and off Africa until 1869,
when she returned home for refit. In 1871-73, the ship served
along South America's Atlantic coast, then spent much of 1874
with the North Atlantic Squadron. Out of commission from October
1874 until November 1878, Ticonderoga's next mission was
an eastbound cruise around the World that lasted until she arrived
at New York in August 1882. Decommissioned a month later, USS
Ticonderoga had no further active service and was sold
in August 1887.
This page features our only views related USS Ticonderoga.
Photo #: NH 45057
USS Ticonderoga (1863-1887)
Heavily retouched photograph by P.F. Cooper, Philadelphia, dated
8 April 1864. The original print is mounted on a Carte de
visite.
The view shows Ticonderoga in her original configuration,
without the bowsprit fitted in 1865.
Donation of Charle Remey, November 1931.
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Photo #: NH 45373
USS Ticonderoga (1863-1887)
Photographed at Venice, Italy, circa 1866-69.
Courtesy of George H. Stegmann.
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Photo #: NH 45374
USS Ticonderoga (1863-1887)
Photographed by Svoboda at Smyrna, Turkey, circa 1866-69, with
several merchant sailing vessels and small craft in the left
foreground. The original print is mounted on a Carte de visite.
The view shows Ticonderoga in her configuration of 1865-69,
with a bowsprit and straight bow.
Donation of Frederick G. McKean.
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Photo #: NH 45375
USS Ticonderoga (1863-1887)
Photograph by F. Benque, Trieste, of an artwork depicting the
ship during her 1866-69 European cruise. The original print is
mounted on a Carte de visite.
The view shows Ticonderoga in her configuration of 1865-69,
with a bowsprit and straight bow.
Donation of Frederick G. McKean.
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Photo #: NH 97294
USS Ticonderoga (1863-1887)
19th Century photograph of an artwork, probably of the ship in
Chinese waters during her cruise around the World, circa 1879-80.
She is flying a Commodore's "broad pennant" at her
mainmast peak, presumably that of Commodore Robert W. Shufeldt.
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Photo #: LC-USZ62-144
"Bombardment of Fort Fisher"
"Jan. 15th 1865"
Lithograph after a drawing by T.F. Laycock, published by Endicott
& Co., New York, 1865, depicting the North Atlantic Blockading
Squadron bombarding Fort Fisher, North Carolina, in preparation
for its capture. The print is dedicated to Commodore S.W. Godon,
USN.
Ships present, as named on the original print, are identified
in Photo Number LC-USZ62-144
(Complete Caption).
Collections of the Library of Congress.
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Photo #: NH 79937
Richard Binder, Sergeant, USMC
Halftone reproduction of a photograph, published in "Deeds
of Valor", Volume II, page 81, by the Perrien-Keydel Company,
Detroit, 1907.
Sgt. Binder was awarded the Medal of Honor for his performance
as Captain of a gun on board USS Ticonderoga during the
assaults on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, on 24-25 December 1864
and 13-15 January 1865.
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Photo #: NH 79938
"We crawled the entire distance to our posts."
Halftone reproduction of and artwork by Bacon, published in "Deeds
of Valor", Volume II, page 81, by the Perrien-Keydel Company,
Detroit, 1907.
It depicts a scene described by Sergeant Richard Binder, USMC,
of the advance of the Navy sharpshooters' unit under Lieutenant
Williams, during the Sailors' and Marines' assault on Fort Fisher,
North Carolina, 15 January 1865. Binder and other surviving members
of this party were awarded the Medal of Honor.
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