USS Penobscot

The USS Penobscot was a Unadilla-class "90 day gunboat" assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron in the fall of 1863 and remained on station until the end of the war.

  • USS Penobscot on Wikipedia

  • Deaths

      Name Rate/Rank Date of Death
    Thomas ParhamCaptain's Steward13 May 1865

    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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