USS Lackawanna
The USS Lackawanna was a wooden screw sloop-of-war built by the Brooklyn Navy Yard, launched 9 August 1862 and commissioned 8 January 1863.
She was assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron and arrived on station 20 February 1863 and remained on station until 21 June 1865.
Deck Log
Patrols
Actions
Deaths
| Name | Rate/Rank | Date of Death | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⚔ | Charles Anderson | Ordinary Seaman | 5 August 1864 | 23 |
| ⚔ | Richard Ashley | Landsman | 5 August 1864 | 18 |
| ✚ | Kenneth Bell | Coal Heaver | 26 December 1863 | |
| 〰 | John Bond | Landsman | 21 February 1864 | |
| ✚ | John M. Burnes | Ordinary Seaman | 9 September 1864 | 27 |
| ✚ | Alexander Fivey | Landsman | 22 August 1864 | 21 |
| ✚ | Timothy Hynes | Private, USMC | 6 August 1864 | 21 |
| ✚ | James Johnson | Seaman | 14 November 1863 | 24 |
| ⚔ ✎ | John McCauley | Landsman | 5 August 1864 | 21 |
| ✚ | Adam McCullosh | Seaman | 31 December 1864 | 34 |
| ✚ ⋂ | George Mensing | Ordinary Seaman | 25 August 1864 | 28 |
| 〰 | John Tobin | Landsman | 15 November 1864 | 30 |
| ⚔ | John Troy | Captain of the Forecastle | 5 August 1864 | 31 |
| ⚔ | James Williams | Master-at-Arms | 5 August 1864 | 41 |
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