USS Forest Rose
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Launched | 1862 |
| Acquired | 15 November 1862 |
| Commissioned | 3 December 1862 |
| Decommissioned | 7 August 1865 |
| Fate | Sold 17 August 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 155 ft 0 in (47.24 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft 3 in (9.83 m) |
| Draught | 5 ft (1.5 m) |
| Speed | 6 kts |
| Armament | 2 30-pdr. r., 4 24-pdr. how. |
USS Forest Rose was a stern wheel steamer in the United States Navy.
Forest Rose was built in 1862 in Pittsburgh; purchased 15 November 1862; and commissioned 3 December 1862.
Assigned to patrol duty in the Mississippi Squadron, Forest Rose sailed in active cooperation with the Army of the Mississippi throughout her war-time career. She convoyed transports, carried messages, fired on Confederate shore positions and troop detachments, and captured or destroyed a number of small steamers. Her first operations, from 4 to 11 January 1863, were against Fort Hindman in the Arkansas River, and the next month she sailed in the Yazoo Pass Expedition, destroying storehouses and a shipyard at Yazoo City. From 1 June she cruised above Vicksburg, Mississippi, aiding in communications with General U. S. Grant during the last month of the siege on the city, which fell 4 July. From that time, her operations were between Vicksburg and Natchez on the Mississippi, and in the many rivers which flow into it.
From 5 to 15 May 1864 Forest Rose took part in the Red River Expedition, and during the remaining months of the war, several times fired on small parties of Confederates ashore.
Post war[edit]
Following the war, she carried ordnance and surplus stores from New Orleans, Louisiana to Jefferson, Missouri, until decommissioned at Mound City, Illinois, 7 August 1865. She was sold 17 August 1865.
References[edit]
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.