USS Meteor

The USS Meteor was laid down as Tinclad No. 44 / Scioto in 1863; acquired December 1863; renamed Meteor on 21 December 1863; purchased on 23 January 1864 and commissioned in New Orleans on 8 March 1864 with Acting Master Meletiah Jordan commanding.

During that year, Meteor's station was a guard vessels off the coast of Louisiana.

On 10 February 1865, she was ordered to sail for Mobile Bay, where she remained until 12 September when she was decommissioned in New Orleans and sold at public auction on 5 October.

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    • Deaths

      Name Rate/Rank Date of Death Age
    〰James Agen 18 April 186428
    ✚ ⋂Owen RooneySeaman12 September 186425
    ✚William Davis StandishLandsman1 October 186417

    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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