USS ''Fearnot'' was purchased by the

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for service during the

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. She was assigned to blockade duty for which she was prepared with her powerful rifled guns. The Navy sold her in October 1866.

Service history

''Fearnot'' was built by George W. Jackman Jr.,

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; purchased by the

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20 July 1861; and commissioned 28 August 1861, Acting Master E. H. Faucon in command. From the time of her arrival at

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, 17 September 1861, ''Fearnot'' served as coal and supply ship for the

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, sailing out of Key West, Florida, to

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, and after its fall,

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. Her last service, from October 1865 to May 1866, was in carrying surplus ordnance to

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, and guarding the large amounts of ammunition accumulating there. She arrived at Boston, Massachusetts, 29 May 1866, and there was decommissioned 18 July 1866 and sold 3 October 1866.

References

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