2nd Battle of Fort Fisher
Union Naval Order of Battle
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Cmdr, Rear-Admiral David D. Porter
Fleet Captain
Lieut. Cmdr. K. R. Breese
Signal Officer
Lieut. M. W. Sanders
Aides
Lieut. S. W. Terry
Lieut. S. W. Preston (k)
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1st Division
Commodore Henry K. Thatchere
2nd Division
Commodore Joseph Lanman
3rd Division
Commodore J. Findlay Schenck
4th Division
Commodore S. W. Godon
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Iron-clad Division
Commodore William Radford
Flagship
Lieut. William B. Cushing (1st attack)
Lieut. B. H. Porter (k) (2nd attack)
Iron-clads
Lieut. Comdr. George E. Belknap
Lieut. Cmdr. E. E. Potter (1st attack)
Lieut. Cmdr. A. W. Weaver (2nd attack)
Cmdr. E. G. Parrott
Cmdr. William Radford
Cmdr. E. R. Colhoun
Screw Frigates
Commodore H. K. Thatcher
Commodore Joseph Lanman
Capt. M. Smith
Side-wheel Steamers (1st class)
Acting Master E. S. Keyser
(2nd attack only)
Commodore J. F. Schenck
Commodore S. W. Godon
Screw Sloops
Capt. James Alden
Capt. W. R. Taylor (1st attack)
Lieut. Comm. T. S. Phelps (2nd attack)
Cmdr. D. Ammen
Capt. D. B. Ridgely
Capt. C. Steedman
Cmdr. J. M. Frailey
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Screw Gun-Vessels
Lieut. Cmdr. P. G. Watmough
Lieut. Cmdr. R. Chandler
USS Nyack
Lieut. Cmdr. L. H. Newman
(1st attack only)
Lieut. Cmdr. D. L. Braine
Lieut. Cmdr. T. C. Harris
Screw Gun-Boats
Lieut. Cmdr. A. W. Weaver (1st attack)
Lieut. Cmdr. E. E. Potter (2nd attack)
Lieut. Cmdr. T. O. Selfridge
Lieut. Cmdr. M. Sicard
Lieut. Cmdr. F. M. Ramsay
Double-Enders
Cmdr. John Guest
Cmdr. J. C. Beaumont
Lieut. Cmdr. G. W. Young
Cmdr. J. M. B. Clitz
Cmdr. J. H. Spotts
Lieut. Cmdr. William G. Temple
Lieut. Cmdr. J. L. Davis
Lieut. Cmdr. W. T. Truxtun
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Miscellaneous Vessels
Capt. B. F. Sands
Acting Volunteers Lieut. D. A. Campbell (1st attack)
Lieut. W. B. Cushing (2nd attack)
USS Nereus
Cmdr. J. C. Howell
Cmdr. W. F. Spicer
(1st attack only)
Cmdr. S. D. Trenchard
Capt. O. S. Glisson
Capt. C. W. Pickering
Powder Vessel
USS Louisiana
Cmdr. A. C. Rhind (1st attack)
(blown up)
Reserve
Lieut. Cmdr. J. H. Upshur
Acting Volunteer Lieut. Frank Smith (1st attack)
Acting Volunteer Lieut. A. R. Langthorne (2nd attack)
Acting Volunteer Lieut. Samuel Huse (1st attack)
Acting Volunteer Lieut. W. A. Sheldon (2nd attack)
Acting Volunteer Lieut. W. E. Denison
Acting Volunteer Lieut. T. C. Dunn (1st attack)
Acting Volunteer Lieut. J. M. Williams (2nd attack)
Lieut. Cmdr. R. H. Lamson (w)
Acting Volunteer Lieut. J. McDiarmid
USS Howquah
Acting Volunteer Lieut. J. W. Balch
Cmdr. H. Rolando
(1st attack only)
Acting Volunteer Lieut. T. A. Harris
Acting Master S. P. Crafts
USS Moccasin
Acting Ensign James Brown
Acting Master J. H. Porter
Acting Ensign Benjamin Wood (1st attack)
Acting Volunteer Lieut. F. M. Green (2nd attack)
Acting Master H. Arey
Ships added for 2nd Battle
Acting Volunteer Lieut. T. C. Dunn
Cmdr. C. H. B. Caldwell
Acting Volunteer Lieut. F. S. Wells
Acting Master G. W. Frost
USS Tennessee
Acting Ensign J. W. Bennett
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