USS Wilderness

USS Wilderness on the left Capturing the Blockade Runner Annie

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Capture of the Blockade Runner Annie, October 31, 1864

Sketched by Charles F. Ellmore

Built by: B. N. Creary, Brooklyn, NY

Name: Wilderness

Laid down: 1864

Acquired: 30 May 1864

Commissioned: 20 July 1864

Decommissioned: 10 June 1865

Fate: Transferred to Treasury Department,

6 September 1865

Characteristics

Type: Side-wheel steamer

Displacement: 390 tons

Length: 137 ft.

Beam: 25 ft.

Draft: 6 ft.

Propulsion: Steam engine

Armament

4 x 24-pounder guns

Battles

North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

Cape Fear River duty as blockade chaser

1st Battle of Fort Fisher

2nd Battle of Fort Fisher