USS Kineo

The USS Kineo was a Unadilla-class "90 Day Gunboat" built in 1861 and commissioned on 8 February 1862. She was assigned to the West Gulf Squadron that year and remained on station until the end of the war.

  • USS Kineo on Wikipedia

  • Deaths

      Name Rate/Rank Date of Death Age
    William ConquestCaptain of the Afterguard30 July 186236
    John GriffinSeamanNovember 1864
    Charles H. KelleyCaptain of the Afterguard24 April 186226
    William J. PendleCaptain's Steward3 April 186423
    Peter I. SmithCoal Heaver2 August 186336
    William SwainOrdinary Seaman4 October 1862

    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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