USS Granite City

The Granite City was a prize vessel captured by the USS Tioga on 22 March 1863, purchased by the Navy at a prize court and commissioned April 1863 as the USS Granite City.

The Granite City was assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron on 27 August 1863 and remained on station until her capture by Confederates along with the USS Wave on 6 May 1864 at Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana.

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Deaths

	Name	Rate/Rank	Date of Death	Age
★	William Bradbroke	Ordinary Seaman	5 November 1864	20
★	Anderson Burrows	Landsman	15 October 1864
★	Patrick Eagan	Captain of the Afterguard	23 September 1864	23
	Leonard J. Edwards	2nd Class Boy	4 January 1865	16
★	Henry I. Fanning	Paymaster's Clerk	4 November 1864
★	James W. Ford	1st Class Boy	11 August 1863	17
★	Jonathan Forrest	Coal Heaver	10 September 1864	23
★	John Gogin	Coal Heaver	28 January 1865	21
★	John Hancock	Seaman	20 November 1864	24
★	Henry Hanson	Ordinary Seaman	30 September 1864	21
★	Lawrence Hardy	Landsman	28 October 1864	17
⚔	William H. Hayden	1st Class Boy	6 May 1864	19
★	George Hayes	Coal Heaver	15 October 1864	22
★	Martin Hopkins	Fireman 2nd Class	5 November 1864	38
★	David Hull	Master's Mate	30 October 1864
⚔	John Jacobs	Captain of the Forecastle	6 May 1864	42
⚔	Joseph Johnson	Coxswain	6 May 1864	31
★	Robert Johnson	Landsman	2 October 1864	24
★	William Lentz	Fireman 1st Class	21 August 1864	23
★	Matthew Leonard	Fireman 1st Class	15 September 1864	32
★	Joseph Leycock	Fireman 1st Class	28 January 1865	28
★	Edward McCullen	Coal Heaver	19 September 1864	32
★	John McGowan	Landsman	23 October 1864	21
★	Michael McNamara	Fireman 2nd Class	28 January 1865	24
★	James Milligan	Cabin Steward	9 October 1864	22
★	Robert Morrison	Captain of the Hold	4 October 1864	23
★	Timothy Murray	Coal Heaver	4 September 1864	28
★	John Myers	Steerage Cook	6 November 1864	28
★ ✎	James Nugent	2nd Class Boy	2 November 1864	16
★	Franklin Pierce	Gunner's Mate	4 October 1864	32
★	John Riley	1st Class Boy	13 August 1864	15
★	James Rodgers	Fireman 1st Class	15 October 1864	30
★	Ephrium W. Rogers	Ordinary Seaman	13 August 1864	20
★	Henry Spencer	Boatswain's Mate	23 July 1864	31
★	Edwin Stephens	Seaman	20 September 1864	22
⚔	John W. Tindall	Quartermaster	6 May 1864	40
★	John Treely (alias John Pembroke)	Coxswain	2 October 1864	30
★	Henry D. Turner	Landsman	21 September 1864	23
⚔	Stephen R. Tyrrell	Acting Ensign	6 May 1864
★	Henry Wilson	Seaman	13 September 1864	24
★	John G. Wilson	Surgeon's Steward	9 November 1864

Key

⚔ killed in action

★ prisoner of war

✚ died of disease or injury

◼died of yellow fever

ø died due to vessel loss

✹ died in ordnance accident

⋂ buried on land in marked grave

〰 buried/lost at sea

🎖 Medal of Honor recipient

✎ transcribed letters of sailor/marine posted

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